I love this dish at any time of year, a great dish to make to share with friends it can be made the day before and simply reheated. Serve with plenty of crusty bread and the leftovers reheat well.
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Ingredients
500gpork belly (skin on)
4tbspextra virgin olive oil
1tspcumin seeds
800gcooking chorizosliced
2fennel bulbscut into 1cm dice
2carrotscut into 1cm dice
2banana shallotsfinely diced
1leekcut into 1cm dice
2stickscelerycut into 1cm dice
10clovesgarlicpeeled and finely chopped
3dried ancho chillisoaked in warm water for 30 minutes
2fresh green chillifinely sliced
6bay leaves
6sprigs thyme
400gtin of cannellini beansdrained
400gtin butter beansdrained
100mlcider
500mlchicken stock
1savoy cabbagefinely shredded
Instructions
Preheat the oven to. 180c fan. Rub the meaty side of the pork with a 1tbsp of olive oil and season well with salt, pepper and cumin seeds. Put into a large roasting tray skin side down and roast for 2 hours.
Meanwhile, heat the remaining olive oil in a large casserole pan over a medium heat, add the sliced chorizo and cook until their oil is released (approx 7 minutes). Next add all the vegetables including the garlic and sauté for 10 minutes or until soft.
Drain the ancho chillis, remove the seeds and slice. Add the ancho, green chilli, bay leaves and thyme to the pan and cook for 2 minutes. Deglaze the pan with cider, let the alcohol cook out for a few minutes, add the stock and both drained beans and cabbage and leave to cook for 10 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning.
When the pork is cooked, remove from the oven and cut into strips, add to the stew and serve with crusty bread.