Name: Italian-style pork roast
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 200 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Child Favourites
Ingredients: 1,5-2 kg pork neck; 6 garlic cloves, peeled; 30 ml each chopped fresh rosemary and sage; 20 ml fresh thyme chopped and grated; lemons zest only; 2,5 ml dried chilli flakes; freshly ground black pepper; 30 ml fresh chillies 573; potatoes; 1 kg baby potatoes; salt; 2-3 garlic cloves, crushed; young fennel bulbs; fresh thyme sprigs; fresh chillies 573; 5 ml salt; green beans with olives

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Ingredients (17)

MEAT

1,5-2 kg	pork neck
6	garlic — cloves, peeled
30 ml	each chopped fresh rosemary and sage
20 ml	fresh thyme — chopped and grated
	lemons — zest only
2,5 ml	dried chilli flakes
	freshly ground black pepper
30 ml	fresh chillies — 573
	potatoes
1 kg	baby potatoes
	salt
2-3	garlic — cloves, crushed
	young fennel — bulbs
	fresh thyme — sprigs
	fresh chillies — 573

TO FINISH

5 ml	salt
	green beans with olives

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Method:

1. Meat Remove the rind for the crackling and set aside.
Score the fatty layer of the meat.

2. Using a mortar and pestle, crush the garlic, herbs, lemon
zest and chilli flakes into a smooth paste.

3. Rub the paste all over the meat, then leave in the fridge
for at least 2 hours or overnight.

4. Season all over with pepper. Drizzle oil over.

5. Preheat the oven to 140°C.

6. Potatoes Arrange the potatoes in a roasting pan, season
with salt and sprinkle the garlic, fennel and thyme sprigs over. Add a little
water and drizzle oil over.

7. Put the meat on a wire rack over the potatoes.

8. To finish Rub the salt into the crackling and put on a
baking sheet. Roast the meat with the potatoes and crackling for 2 hours
or until a meat thermometer indicates an internal temperature of 65°C and the
meat juices run clear. Toss the potatoes occasionally so they roast evenly, and
remove from the oven when done.

9. Increase the
temperature to 230°C and roast the meat for another 15-20 minutes or until the fat is crispy.

10. Roughly chop the crackling and sprinkle over the pork.
Serve with the potatoes and green beans.