Sous Vide Pork Belly with Onions Recipe

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60 minutes, plus 48 hours salting, sous vide cooking and setting

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Paul Foster's sous vide pork belly recipe sees this flavourful cut of meat being salted, cooked sous vide, pressed overnight and finally seared in a pan for a delicious golden exterior. Matched with raw pea tartare and a host of aliums, this recipe is all in the preparation.

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Pork belly

1kg pork belly, deboned
salt

Roscoff onions

3 Roscoff onions, small
1 knob of butter
1 pinch of salt

Dijon dressing

1 tbsp of Dijon mustard
100ml of white wine vinegar
100ml of sunflower oil

Grelot onions

1 bunch of grelot onion
50ml of water
250g of salted butter

Shallot rings

1 banana shallot, peeled
Panko breadcrumbs
1 egg, beaten
flour
sunflower oil, for deep-frying

Pea tartare

100g of peas, raw, podded
1 banana shallot, brunoise
1 tsp gherkins, brunoise

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Chamber sealer
Water bath
Vacuum bags (2)
Blowtorch
Microwave
Mandoline
Deep-fryer

Lightly cover the flesh side of the pork belly in salt and leave in the fridge for 24 hours

1kg pork belly, deboned
salt

The next day, preheat a water bath to 75°C

Remove the pork belly from the fridge and wash well in cold water. Dry thoroughly and place into a vacuum bag. Seal in a vacuum chamber and cook for in the water bath for 12 hours

Remove the pork belly from the bag and place in a tray. Put another tray on top big enough to cover the belly, and place weights on top. Press in the fridge for a further 12 hours to set

Whisk together the mustard, vinegar and sunflower oil to make the Dijon dressing

1 tbsp of Dijon mustard
100ml of sunflower oil
100ml of white wine vinegar

Cut the Roscoff onions in half and char with a blowtorch. Place in a vacuum bag with a knob of butter and a pinch of salt and seal tightly in a vacuum chamber. Place in the microwave on full power for 3–4 minutes depending on size of the onions. Allow to cool

1 knob of butter
1 pinch of salt
3 Roscoff onions, small

Preheat a deep-fryer to 180°C

sunflower oil, for deep-frying

Slice the banana shallot finely on a mandoline. Dip the rings in flour, followed by the beaten egg and finally into the breadcrumbs. Fry in the deep-fryer until golden brown and crispy

1 banana shallot, peeled
Panko breadcrumbs
1 egg, beaten
flour

To cook the grelot onions, place the water in a pan with the butter and bring to the boil to make an emulsion. Cook the grelots in this liquor for 2–3 minutes

1 bunch of grelot onion
50ml of water
250g of salted butter

Double pod the peas and at the last minute mix with some of the sliced shallot, gherkins and dressing

1 tsp gherkins, brunoise
1 banana shallot, peeled
100g of peas, raw, podded

Cut the pork belly into thick slices and remove the skin. Pan-fry in oil until nicely caramelised ensuring it is heated through

Peel the Roscoffs into layers and drop into the emulsion at the last minute to heat through

To serve, place a slice of pork onto the centre of each plate and arrange the pea tartare, grelot onion and Roscoff onions around. Finish with the shallot rings

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Paul Foster

Focused, skilled and intelligent, Paul Foster works with the materials he has around him to create extraordinary dishes which sing with a vibrancy perfectly in tune with their surroundings.