Burnt Butter Focaccia with Pork Belly, Teriyaki and Sesame Crumble Recipe
by GBC Kitchen
4-6
4 hours
Ingredients

Focaccia dough

  • 30g of butter
  • 100g of ripe sourdough starter
  • 10g of sea salt
  • 500g of strong bread flour
  • 2 tbsp of olive oil

Pork belly

  • 100g of brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp of smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 100g of barbecue sauce
  • 500g of pork belly, sliced into cubes

Glaze

  • 200g of barbecue sauce
  • 2 tbsp of honey
  • 1 tbsp of brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp of salted butter

Sesame nori crumble

  • 40g of cashews
  • 20g of pumpkin seeds
  • 20g of sesame seeds
  • 1 tbsp of flaxseeds
  • 2 tbsp of chilli flakes
  • 2 sheets of untoasted nori seaweed
  • 1 tsp flaky sea salt

Teriyaki drizzle

  • 120ml of soy sauce
  • 50g of brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp of fresh ginger, grated
  • 1 tsp garlic, grated
  • 1 tbsp of honey
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 tbsp of mirin
  • 2 tsp cornflour, mixed with 50ml water
Method
1

Start a day ahead by preparing the sourdough focaccia dough. Brown the butter in a small pan - initially it will foam up, then the milk solids will begin to turn brown and smell nutty. Keep swirling and stirring the butter so the milk solids don’t stick to the bottom. After a couple of minutes, once the butter is brown and nutty, transfer it to a bowl and leave to cool. You want it to be still liquid but lukewarm

  • 30g of butter
2

Add the starter, salt, 350g lukewarm water and brown butter to a bowl and mix until combined, then add in the flour. Stir with your hands or a dough whisk until a shaggy dough comes together. Cover with a kitchen towel and leave to rest in a warm place for 30 minutes

  • 100g of ripe sourdough starter
  • 10g of sea salt
  • 500g of strong bread flour
3

Next, stretch and fold your dough. To do the first set of folds for the focaccia, reach into the bowl and pull the edge of the dough up and fold the stretched piece into the middle. Take another bit of dough, stretch it up and then drape it over the middle. Repeat this all the way around the dough, turning the bowl as you go, until you have 8–10 folds

4

Cover the dough with a kitchen towel and leave it to rest overnight for the bulk fermentation 

5

The next day drizzle 2 tablespoons of olive oil into a 9 × 13-inch (23 × 33 cm) baking tin or similar then scoop the dough into the centre of the tray. Fold the dough into a rough rectangle, then flip it over before rubbing with oil and leaving to rest for 4 hours, uncovered, until almost doubled in size again 

  • 2 tbsp of olive oil
6

Preheat the oven to 140°C while you begin preparing the pork belly

7

Mix together the brown sugar, paprika, cayenne pepper, garlic powder and salt

  • 100g of brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp of smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 pinch of salt
8

Mix the barbecue sauce with the cubes of pork, coating each side, before seasoning with the spiced sugar

  • 100g of barbecue sauce
  • 500g of pork belly, sliced into cubes
9

Place the meat onto a baking-paper lined tray and roast in the oven for 2 hours

10

Next, remove the pork belly from the oven. Mix the pork belly with the glaze ingredients: barbecue sauce, brown sugar and honey. Dot over the butter. Cover with foil and return to the oven for another 30 minutes

  • 200g of barbecue sauce
  • 2 tbsp of honey
  • 1 tbsp of brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp of salted butter
11

Then, remove the foil and turn the heat up to 200°C. Cook for another 10 minutes until the meat is crispy and the glaze has thickened

12

Next, prepare the sesame-nori crumble. Toast the cashews in a large pan for around 8–10 minutes, then transfer them to a bowl

  • 40g of cashews
13

Toast each of the seed varieties for the crumble, one by one, making sure not to burn any of them to avoid any bitterness 

  • 20g of pumpkin seeds
  • 20g of sesame seeds
  • 1 tbsp of flaxseeds
14

Blend all the toasted nuts and seeds, as well as the remaining crumble ingredients, in a food processor until you have a coarse but even consistency 

  • 2 tbsp of chilli flakes
  • 2 sheets of untoasted nori seaweed
  • 1 tsp flaky sea salt
15

Next, preheat the oven to 180°C 

16

Rub your hands with olive oil. Use your fingertips to dimple and stretch out the dough until it fits the pan. Top with the pork belly and a drizzle of the glaze from the tray the pork belly was cooked on. Sprinkle over the sesame-nori crumble. Dimple them into the dough

17

Sprinkle the dough with sea salt then bake for 30 minutes until golden brown 

18

Simmer all the ingredients for the teriyaki drizzle for around 4 minutes. Once the sauce thickens, remove it from the heat and leave it to cool 

  • 120ml of soy sauce
  • 50g of brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp of fresh ginger, grated
  • 1 tsp garlic, grated
  • 1 tbsp of honey
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 tbsp of mirin
  • 2 tsp cornflour, mixed with 50ml water
19

Once the focaccia comes out of the oven, drizzle over the teriyaki glaze then leave it to cool for around 15 minutes before slicing and serving with an extra drizzle of teriyaki