How To Prepare Pork Belly For Roasting
Roast at 300 f for three to four hours depending on size until meat reaches an internal temperature of 165 f and skin begins to crisp.
How to prepare pork belly for roasting. Arrange onion and lemon over base of shallow roasting pan lined with baking paper. Lay the pork skin side up on a rack in a roasting tin. Remove your roast from the packaging and pat dry with paper towel.
Place pork rind side up in centre of pan on top of onion and lemon. Score the pork belly using a very sharp knife. Rub the pork with kosher salt and your favorite spice blend.
Pat pork dry with paper towels then place rind side down onto a chopping board. With a small sharp knife deeply score the rind at 1cm intervals being careful to not cut into the meat. To prepare pork belly for roasting use a sharp knife to make several parallel cuts across the skin to score the skin and fat but not the meat.
This process helps the fat run out and skin to crisp. Rub with oil and season with salt.