Roulade of pork belly, braised red cabbage and apple compote

by Mark Dodson
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servings8
4 hours 30 minutes

Ingredients

Braised pork belly

  • 1.8kg pork belly, skin off
  • 1 carrot
  • 1/2 celery
  • 1 large onion
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 8 cloves
  • 5 star anise

Pork sauce

  • 1000ml of veal stock
  • 1 tbsp of clear honey
  • salt

Red cabbage

  • 1 red cabbage, finely shredded
  • 100g of dark brown sugar
  • 150ml of red wine vinegar

Apple compote

  • 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and finely diced
  • 2 tbsp of caster sugar

Confit shallots

  • 24 shallots, peeled
  • 700ml of olive oil
  • 4 sprigs of fresh thyme

Pomme cocotte

  • 12 belles de fontenay potatoes, peeled
  • 50g of clarified butter
  • 250g of unsalted butter
  • 6 garlic cloves, skin on
  • salt to season

Method

1
If possible, buy the pork belly pre-skinned and rolled. If not you will have to remove the skin, roll and tie with butchers twine. Large dice the carrot, celery and onion and add to a large pot with the bay and spices
  • 1.8kg pork belly
  • 1 carrot
  • 1/2 celery
  • 1 large onion
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 8 cloves
  • 5 star anise
2
Place the pork belly on top of the vegetables and cover with water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 4 hours. Remove from the heat and allow the pork to cool in the liquid. Once cooled, strain and reserve the braising liquid. Leave the pork belly to set overnight in the fridge
  • 1.8kg pork belly
3
For the sauce, skim off as much fat as possible from the braising liquid. Combine one litre of the liquid with the veal stock, return to the heat and reduce to 400ml. Season with salt to taste and add the honey to finish
  • 1000ml of veal stock
  • 1 tbsp of clear honey
  • salt
4
While the sauce is reducing, start on the cabbage by combining the sugar and vinegar in a large saucepan, bring to a boil and add the cabbage. Cook for about one hour until the cabbage is tender (if there is a lot of residual liquid, strain and reduce down to a thin syrup and add back to the cabbage)
  • 100g of dark brown sugar
  • 150ml of red wine vinegar
  • 1 red cabbage, finely shredded
5
For the confit shallots, peel and leave the shallots whole. Place the goose fat in a medium saucepan and melt on a low heat. Once the fat has completely melted, add the shallots and thyme and cook for 45 minutes. Leave in the fat to cool
  • 24 shallots
  • 4 sprigs of fresh thyme
  • 700ml of olive oil
6
While the confit shallots are cooking, start the pomme cocotte by turning or cutting the potatoes into short round oval cylinders. Melt the clarified and unsalted butter in a cocotte or heavy based saucepan. Leave on a medium to high heat to achieve a buerre noisette
  • 50g of clarified butter
  • 250g of unsalted butter
7
Reduce the heat to medium, add the potatoes and garlic and cook for a further 20 minutes until the contents are golden brown. Be careful not to burn the butter mix while cooking. Remove from the pan and season with salt
  • 12 belles de fontenay potatoes, peeled
  • 6 garlic cloves, skin on
8
For the apple compote, add the diced apple to a pan with the sugar and 120ml of water. Cover with a cartouche and cook on a low heat until tender to resemble a chunky apple sauce
  • 2 Granny Smith apples
  • 2 tbsp of caster sugar
9
To finish, slice the pork into eight even pieces. Heat a little vegetable oil in the pan and sear the pork belly until golden and crispy. Add the shallots and pommes cocotte to the pan with a little of the pork sauce to heat through
10
Place the hot cabbage in the centre of the plate, followed by the pork belly and the vegetables. Drizzle the pork in sauce and finish with a quenelle of the apple compote