Perfect Way To Cook Pork Belly

Reduce oven to 180 c 160 c fan forced and roast uncovered for a further 1 hours or until pork is tender and cooked through and rind is crisp.
Perfect way to cook pork belly. Leave the pork uncovered in the fridge overnight to dry out the skin. Remove pan from oven and add 1 2 cup water around pork. Carefully score the pork skin with a sharp knife or scalpel.
Typically recipes call for around 2 hours at 180c fan 160c then a further 30 mins or so at 200c fan 180c. Roast pork for 45 minutes or until skin is blistered and golden. The secret to cooking belly pork is the combination of a gentle heat to tenderise the meat and short high temperature blasts to crisp up the skin on the outside.
Pat dry thoroughly with paper towel. Rest pork uncovered for 15 minutes. Once it s ready for the oven the first step is a slow and low heat.
Preheat the oven to full whack 240 c 475 f gas 9. Place the bay leaves in a pestle and mortar with the sea salt and give it a good bashing.