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Roast Pork with Crackling

Roast pork loin with shattering crackling, apple sauce, roast potatoes and buttered cabbage.

  • Serves6
  • Dishes4
  • Total time2 hr 10 min
  • Hands-on1 hr 6 min
  • DifficultyHard
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Crackling is the whole game here, and it needs a long, hot start and a proper rest. That rest is your window for the potatoes to finish crisping and the cabbage to be buttered so nothing waits around getting cold.

To drink: A dry Riesling or a light Pinot Noir.

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The meal, dish by dish

Roast pork loin

  • 1.6 kg pork loin, skin scored
  • Oil and salt
  • Fennel seeds
  1. Dry the skin thoroughly, rub with oil, salt and fennel
    Prep / hands 10–12 min Hands-on Prep ahead
  2. Blast the pork hot to start the crackling
    Oven 230°C 25–30 min Unattended
  3. Lower the heat and roast the pork through
    Oven 180°C 45–55 min Unattended
  4. Rest the pork while everything finishes
    Prep / hands 20–25 min Unattended
  5. Carve the pork and shards of crackling
    Prep / hands 6–8 min Hands-on

Apple sauce

  • 4 Bramley apples
  • Sugar
  • Butter
  • Splash of water
  1. Simmer the apples with sugar and butter to a rough sauce
    Stovetop 15–20 min Hands-on Prep ahead

Roast potatoes

  • 1.2 kg potatoes
  • Oil
  • Salt
  1. Parboil and rough up the potatoes
    Stovetop 14–16 min Hands-on
  2. Roast the potatoes until golden and crisp
    Oven 190°C 50–60 min Unattended

Buttered cabbage

  • 1 Savoy cabbage, shredded
  • Butter
  • Nutmeg
  1. Steam or wilt the cabbage, then toss with butter and nutmeg
    Stovetop 8–10 min Hands-on