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CHINESE ROASTED PORK NECK WITH A PEACHY SALSA
Chinese roasted pork neck with a peachy salsa
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How to:

Roast pork

Nothing beats the taste of a delicious pork roast, and it's not difficult to do at all. To cook, proceed as follows:

Preheat the oven to 180° C and season the surface of the roast. Place on a rack on a shallow roasting pan.

Roast, uncovered, in centre of oven for 25 minutes per 500g and an extra 20 minutes until cooked.

Allow to stand 10 minutes before carving.

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Note: You can get a wonderful free range de-boned pork leg roast or commercial deboned pork leg roast and pork silverside from Woolworths. It's trimmed of excess fat and bone and specially selected from approved and independently audited suppliers.

Woolworths' free-range pork is true South African pork that comes from animals that are reared in the outdoors, receive no growth hormones or routine antibiotics and are independently audited.

Do try their pork belly roast and here are some ways to cook it.



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Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly
Serves: 4
Dietary considerations: Low carb
Category: Easy
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
1 kg pork neck
For the marinade, mix together:
1 piece fresh ginger, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 stem lemon grass, finely chopped
4 T black bean sauce
2 t sesame oil
1 T black vinegar
2 t sugar
1 T mirin
For the peach salsa:
3 ripe peaches, stoned and torn into small chunks
1 handful coriander, roughly chopped
1 fresh red chilli, finely chopped
tenderstem broccoli, asparagus tips and mangetout, for serving
Cooking instructions:

Preheat the oven to 190°C.

Place the pork neck on a board and score the fat across with 1cm between each slit. Rub the marinade into the pork and leave for 15 minutes.

Place the pork neck on a baking tray and put in the oven for about 40 minutes, basting and turning it every 15 minutes or so.

For the last 10 minutes of roasting, turn the heat up to 220°C to create a crisp layer of crackling.

When cooked, allow to rest.

To make the salsa: Combine the torn peaches with the coriander, chilli and lemon segments, and drizzle with lemon juice.

Serve juicy slices of pork on a bed of blanched mangetout, asparagus tips and tenderstem broccoli. Top with tangy salsa.

Per serving: 1819.1kJ, 52.6g protein, 11.4g fat, 17.8g carbs

Wine: Hartenberg Merlot 2006


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