Pork neck baked in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake a pork neck in the oven? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. You can use any frozen berries: black currants, cherries, lingonberries, cranberries or not add them at all. But I strongly advise you to still use berries: together with honey, they create a wonderful tandem and perfectly complement the taste of meat. You can replace a red onion with a regular onion, but red onion is still preferable — it is more fragrant and less sharp.

2. Step 2:

   

   Rinse the pig's neck thoroughly and dry with paper towels. Make deep transverse incisions on pork with a knife, not reaching 2 cm to the bottom. Rub the pork with salt and pepper on the outside and in sections.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel the onion and cut into half rings. At the same time, try not to break up the half-rings into separate segments, because you need to insert them into the meat entirely.

4. Step 4:

   

   Put the frozen berries (I have cranberries) in the bowl of a blender. Add honey and 1 tbsp vegetable oil.

5. Step 5:

   

   Whisk everything until smooth puree. The puree will be very cold and viscous, so it is very convenient to spread it on meat. To keep the mass cold, it is better to beat the berries at the very end, just before spreading on the meat.

7. Step 6:

   

   Put the meat in a baking dish. Rub it with the berry mixture on the outside and in sections.

8. Step 7:

   

   Insert half rings of onions into the cuts on the pork. Pour the remaining vegetable oil over the meat.

9. Step 8:

   

   Cover the mold with foil, taking care that the foil does not come into contact with the meat, otherwise the berries and onions will stick to it. Put the pig's neck in a preheated 190°From the oven for 1 hour. During this time, a piece of pork should be well baked inside.

10. Step 9:

    

    Then remove the foil, pour the neck with juice from the bottom of the mold. Return the meat to the oven and bake for about 30 minutes at 180 ° C. The exact baking time depends on the characteristics of your oven. The top of the neck should turn red.

11. Step 10:

    

    Transfer the finished meat to a dish, cut into portions and serve to the table. Bon appetit!