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In Lazio, rosemary tends to be the most prominent flavouring. Score the pork belly skin with a sharp knife in a cross pattern. Score down to just before where the skin meets the fat, rather than the fat itself. You can have Porchetta using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Porchetta

1. You need 1 Kg of pork belly, boneless.
2. It's 2 Sprigs of rosemary, leaves picked.
3. You need 3 springs of fresh thyme.
4. You need 1 of large bulb of garlic.
5. You need 1 tbsp of fennel seeds.
6. It's 1 pinch of chili flakes.
7. Prepare 1 pinch of Sichuan pepper (Optional).
8. It's of 1 lemon, zested.
9. Prepare 2 tbsp of white wine.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of flaky sea salt.
11. You need 1/2 tsp of cracked black pepper.
12. It's 500 ml of water.

Bring a large saucepan of water to a simmer and add the bicarbonate of soda. Porchetta (Italian pronunciation: [porˈketta]) is a savory, fatty, and moist boneless pork roast of Italian culinary tradition. Be inspired by the Italian rolled pork dish, porchetta. This ragu is ideal when you have guests - leave it simmering whilst you entertain.

Porchetta step by step

1. To begin, place the fennel seeds and chili flakes in hot, dry pan and toast for 30 seconds, until fragrant.
2. Wrap the garlic by foil and leave it in oven under 160°C for 30mins to 1 hour..
3. Place the pork belly skin-side down and slice it in the middle horizontally. Stop at last 2 centimeters in the end to remain the pork in one connected piece.
4. Peel the garlic cloves and place in a pestle and mortar. Add the herbs, toasted spices, salt, pepper, lemon zest and white wine and grind to a rough paste. (You could simply chop them all together finely if you don’t have pestle and mortar).
5. Lightly score the belly flesh in a 2cm diagonal pattern and massage the stuffing paste into the belly..
6. Roll up tightly, tie up with butcher's string and leave uncovered in the fridge overnight. This will dry out the skin, giving a crispier crackling. Chinese culinary method would poke the skin with pinpoint to make it crispy. In the last picture I use the tip of my knife to do that..
7. Preheat the oven to 160°C.
8. Place the pork on a wire rack set over an oven tray. Pour in the 500ml of water and cook in the oven for 2 to 2 and half hours. Check at intervals; if the water has evaporated, add a little more. Put a tray under the pork to collect the oil dripping down while baking. The oil is perfect to cook leftover potato. If you like crispy skin with texture like fired pork skin, use top heat function of the oven in the last 10 mins. Turn the pork around to burn the skin evenly..
9. This picture is the version of poking holes using knife tip.
10. Leave it to rest for 30 minutes before carving. Slice and serve warm in panini bread. Or use it as topping for Japanese Ramen🍜.

Literally translated, porchetta means "little pig". In Italy, porchetta can refer to a roasted whole suckling pig, an older pig, or just the pork belly roll, "porchetta tronchetto" (which is what I'll be showing you how to make). No matter what type of porchetta, there is always one common thread: the rind is always included. Traditionally in Italy, porchetta is a whole young pig flled with lots of fresh herbs and slow-roasted. Gennaro Contaldo's recipe uses pork belly for a similar effect.