Pork belly with apple purée and sprouting broccoli

Ingredients

Fresh Meat

  • 1.5kg pork belly, skin and bones left on

Store Cupboard

  • 50g of sea salt
  • chicken stock, to cover
  • 2 tbsp of light brown sugar
  • salt
  • salt
  • 1 tbsp of tomato paste
  • 25g of flour

Fruit & Vegetables

  • 3 medium onions, peeled and roughy diced
  • 2 carrots, peeled and roughly diced
  • 4 celery sticks, washed and roughly diced
  • 1 fennel bulb, roughly sliced
  • 2 bulbs of garlic, peeled and roughly crushed
  • 6 Bramley apples, large
  • 700g of purple sprouting broccoli
  • 3 shallots, peeled, root removed and thinly sliced
  • 250g of button mushrooms, washed and thinly sliced

Salad & Fresh Herbs

  • 5 sprigs of fresh thyme
  • 2 bay leaves

Spices & Dried Herbs

  • 10 white peppercorns
  • 2 star anise

Dairy

  • 70g of butter, diced
  • 25g of butter
  • 25g of butter, softened

Beverages

  • 50ml of water
  • 3/4 bottle of red wine, medium

Oils & Vinegars

  • vegetable oil