Pork Loin and Crackling with Hassel Back Potatoes

Name: Pork Loin and Crackling with Hassel Back Potatoes
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters apple cider; 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper, plus pepper to season; 473 milliliters cider vinegar; 2 sprigs fresh rosemary; 8 sprigs fresh thyme; 4 cloves garlic, smashed; 4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch pieces, see Cooks Note; 118 milliliters kosher salt; 1 Tbsp kosher salt, plus salt to season; 1 Tbsp kosher salt; 59 milliliters olive oil; 2 kilograms pork loin, center cut with a thick rind/fat cap, skin intact; 1 star anise; 237 milliliters sugar, plus 1/3 cup; 59 milliliters unsalted butter; 710 milliliters thinly sliced Vidalia onions, see Cook Note; 24 smalls Yukon gold potatoes

Pork Loin and Crackling with Hassel Back Potatoes is a gluten free main course. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains approximately 87g of protein, 39g of fat, and a total of 1296 calories. This recipe covers 62% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of apple cider, thyme, kosher salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 3 hours.

Instructions

Special equipment: Special equipment: butcher's twine, a roasting pan and rack Special Equipment: Potato Masher

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Potato

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Kitchen Twine

Potato Masher

Roasting Pan

Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F.

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Oven

Score the rind, using long, parallel slits 1/8 to 1/4-inch apart across the width of the loin; be careful to cut only halfway to the flesh (see Cook's Note**). Rub the rind with the salt, ensuring that the salt is rubbed well into the slits. Rub the rind with 1/2 of the olive oil.

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Olive Oil

Beef

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

Flip the loin over and rub the flesh side with the remaining olive oil.

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Olive Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place the garlic, thyme, and rosemary up against the flesh. Using butcher's twine, tie the herbs to the loin.

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Rosemary

Garlic

Herbs

Thyme

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Kitchen Twine

Place the loin on a rack in a roasting pan and roast for 30 minutes.

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Roasting Pan

Remove from the oven and arrange the potatoes at the bottom of the roasting rack. Reduce the heat to 425 degrees F. Return the roast to the oven to cook for 1 additional hour or until an instant-read thermometer poked into the center of the loin reaches 150 degrees F.

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Potato

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Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Remove from the oven and let the loin rest for 30 minutes; the internal temperature will continue to rise about 10 degrees F, and the loin will finish cooking while it's resting (see Cook's Note***).

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Oven

Slice the "crackling" (crunch skin) off in 1 piece and cut into 1/4-inch strips. Slice the pork loin into 1/4-inch slices.

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Pork Loin

Serve the pork loin warm with Cracklings, Hassel Back Potatoes, and Apple Chutney.

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Pork Loin

Potato

Chutney

Apple

Place a potato in the palm of a wooden spoon. Use a sharp knife to make cuts 3/4 of the way down the width of each potato about 1/8-inch apart. Toss the potatoes with olive oil, 1 tablespoon salt, and pepper in a large mixing bowl.

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Olive Oil

Potato

Pepper

Salt

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Wooden Spoon

Mixing Bowl

Knife

Place the potatoes in the bottom of a roasting pan, evenly spaced apart. Cook underneath the roast during the last hour of cooking, until fork tender.

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Potato

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Roasting Pan

Remove from the oven and sprinkle with additional salt and pepper, to taste.

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Salt And Pepper