Introducing Porchetta 2.0! Elevating the art of roasting pork belly to create a crispy, succulent masterpiece, with a delightful surprise at its core that evokes the essence of a meatloaf. This recipe combines all the classics into one epic creation to rule them all. Stuffed Pork Belly is the new sensation.
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Ingredients
4 kg / 8.8 lbs pork belly with the skin on
400 grams / 0.9 lbs coarse sea salt
- 250 ml / 1 cup Sweet Apple BBQ Sauce
40 grams / 0.9 oz fresh parsley
3 cloves of garlic
2 kg / 4.4 lbs minced beef
60 grams / ½ cup breadcrumbs
2 eggs
- 2 tbsp Pitmaster X's Classic BBQ Rub
Tools
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How to
- Grab a big stainless steel tray.
- Cut out a piece of baking paper or butcher paper and cut out a piece of cling film layer that goed on top of the other paper and around the tray.
- fill the cling film with a thick layer of around 400 grams or 0.9 lbs of coarse sea salt.
- Put the pork belly on top with the skin side pointing towards the salt. Press it down to get the best connection.
- Put another stainless steel tray on top of the pork belly together with a heavy cast iron pan to make sure you get the best connection to the salt and set it in the fridge for 24 hours.
- Create 250 ml or 1 cup of PitmasterX's Sweet Apple BBQ Sauce.
- Chop fine 40 grams or 0.9 oz of fresh parsley and 3 cloves of garlic.
- Put it in a big glass bowl and add 2 kg or 4.4 lbs of minced beef, ½ cup breadcrumbs, 2 eggs and 4 tbsp of PitmasterX's Classic BBQ Rub.
- Mix it up by hand until you have a smooth texture.
- Take the pork belly out of the salt and clean or use a same sized stainless steel tray with an added rack to put the pork belly in with the meat side up.
- Brush on a thin layer of the Sweet Apple BBQ Sauce on the meat side.
- Add a thick strip of minced beef in the middle and make sure you add just enough so that the 2 ends of the pork can still meet in the middle when folding it over.
- Roll it up and secure the 2 ends tightly by sewing it with butchers twine.
- Heat up your BBQ and set it for a roasting temperature of 140°C or 285°F.
- Put a wireless thermometer in the pork meat of your roast and let the pork belly roast for at least 4 hours until you archive a core temperature of 89°C or 192°F
- Let the temperature come up a little bit more while resting it on a cutting board.
- After 20 minutes, slice the roast in half and start slicing it into thin slices like a Porchetta before serving.
