Slow roasted Mangalitsa pork belly on chorizo lentils
Recipe

Slow Roasted Mangalitsa Pork Belly with Chorizo, Lentils and Mustard

Three and a half hours at 120 degrees, with the chorizo in from the start so the lentils cook in what comes out of it.

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Ingredients

  • 1 piece of Mangalitsa pork belly
  • 200g Beal's Farm cooking chorizo
  • 180g dried puy lentils
  • 100g onion, small dice
  • 100g carrot, small dice
  • 100g celery, small dice
  • 100g baby spinach
  • 1 litre stock, vegetable or chicken
  • 1 dessert spoon Dijon mustard
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Sherry vinegar

Method

  1. Add the diced veg, belly and sliced chorizo to a roasting dish. The dish must be deep enough to add all the ingredients and the stock.
  2. Put into the oven at 120 degrees for 3.5 hours.
  3. Remove the belly and add the lentils, mustard and half the stock then return to the oven at 170 for around 30 minutes.
  4. Turn the oven up to 190 and add the belly on top of the lentils, then return to the oven until crisp.
  5. Remove from the oven and adjust the moisture with some more stock if needed. Stir in the spinach. You can add some extra virgin olive oil and a little sherry vinegar to taste.

by Robin Read of The Counter Home Edition