Recipes by Blake Proud - Blake Proud - TV Presenter & Celebrity Cook

Pork Belly with Home made apple sauce

3/12/2021

Ingredients

Pork Belly
Salt
Oil

For Apple Sauce

2 x apples grated
1 tsp lemon zest
1 tsp sugar
Pinch of salt
Water OR Pan Juice from the Roast

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 220 degrees. Lightly cover the pork with olive oil and liberally coat with a good quality sea salt flake.
Place the pork in the oven and monitor closely
After 15 -20 minutes, turn down the temperature to 150 degrees and cook for another 30 minutes
Take the pork out and turn the oven back to 220 degrees. Once the oven is at the maximum temperature, place the pork belly back inside and monitor closely.
Once the crackling is done, take the pork out and let it rest.
For the apple sauce mix all the ingredients together in a small pot or pan and cook until it’s very soft.
Pour into a container or blender and blitz until smooth. If the sauce is too thick, add water or pan juices until it’s at the desired consistency. Serve with mash, salad or roast vegetables.

Blake’s Pork Belly Tips

I always leave my pork in the fridge uncovered for 24 hours to dry out.
Scoring can help you get a better crackle by allowing moisture to escape, but it isn’t necessary.
Try to avoid vacuum packed pork, especially if you’re planning on cooking it that day. If you do have vacuum packed pork: pat it dry, score it, tip boiling water over the top, pat dry again, cover with salt and leave it in the fridge uncovered for 24 hours.
Pork belly is probably the most difficult cut of pork to get good crackling on. If you’ve never tried making it before, use ’round cuts’ like rolled loin or pork leg. They are a bit easier to master
Use Good quality salt. Plain table salt won’t cut it. A soft flaky sea salt is the best option as it actually heats up and can help bluster the surface.

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Choc Honeycomb - 98FIVE FM

3/12/2021

Ingredients

1/2 cup white sugar
2 tbsp Honey
1 1 /2 – 2 tsp bicarb soda
200g dark cooking chocolate

Method

Melt sugar and honey in a pot until it has a runny
Add the bicarb soda and whisk vigorously
Pour the mixture on to a piece of baking paper and place it into the fridge to set
Break the honey comb into pieces and store in the fridge or freezer.
Melt the cooking chocolate
Poke a tooth pick into honeycomb and quickly coat it in chocolate (Be quick so you don’t melt the honeycomb).
Place on a piece baking paper in the fridge to set.

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Karaage Beef Liver - 98FIVE

3/12/2021

Ingredients

250g Beef Liver (Grass fed)
1 cup Milk
1 cup Soy Sauce
1 Garlic Clove
1 Piece of Ginger (equal to the garlic)
Dash Sesame Oil
1 cup Corn Flour
Oil for deep frying

Method

Slice the Beef Liver in to smaller nugget sized pieces
Soak them in the milk for at least 2 hours if possible. You can completely skip this step if you’re not worried about the liver taste.
Then drain and pat dry. Mix soy sauce, ginger, garlic and sesame oil in a container or snap lock bag and add the liver. Let it marinate for 2-12 hours.
Remove from the marinade and coat liberally in corn flour.
Fry in hot oil for 2-3 minutes eat side.
Serve with Spring Onion, Sesame Seeds and Kewpie Mayo

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