Belly pork jerk stylie with sweet potato mash & green beans
Belly pork has to be the tastiest and most succulent piece of pork you’ll ever get. This Jamaican recipe created by escaped slaves (maroons) was all about preserving the wild pigs they killed covering them in aromatic spices for later use. I’ve played around with it a little, adding honey for added sweetness and a little Mexican hot sauce for heat, but ultimately it’s all about the infusions of the All Spice and the 12 hour marinade, which lock in the flavour. This is a real taste of the Caribbean and it works great with the sweet potato mash.
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Ingredients
- Jerk pork
- 500 grams Pork belly preferably slices (£2.00)
- 13 grams Jerk seasoning tablespoon (£0.11)
- 5 grams All spice teaspoon (£0.10)
- 13 ml Soy sauce tablespoon (£0.08)
- 1 whole Lime juice of (£0.30)
- 5 ml Vegetable oil teaspoon (£0.01)
- 5 grams Honey teaspoon (£0.03)
- Sweet Potato mash
- 1 whole sweet potato (£0.30)
- 1 cloves garlic minced (£0.03)
- 3 grams nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon (£0.05)
- 3 grams Thyme 1/2 teaspoon (£0.13)
- 20 ml Coconut milk big tablespoon
- 10 grams Butter (£0.03)
- 1 grams Black pepper sprinkle (£0.03)
- 1 grams Salt sprinkle (£0.00)
- Green Beans
- 100 grams Green beans (£0.45)
- 10 grams Butter (£0.03)
- 1 cloves garlic minced (£0.03)
- 1 whole Lemon juice of (£0.30)
- 1 grams Black pepper sprinkle (£0.03)
- 1 grams Salt sprinkle (£0.00)
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Score the pork belly slices on all sides. Mix all the jerk marinade ingredients together, then add the pork coating well. Leave overnight if possible.
- Heat oven to 175 degrees. Put belly slices in baking dish, cover with silver paper and cook for 1 hour, uncovering for the last 10 minutes.
- Peel sweet potato and chop into small pieces. Mix with garlic, thyme, salt, pepper and a little oil. Place in oven at 175 degrees and roast for 30 minutes.
- Remove cooked sweet potato from oven and mash with butter, coconut milk and nutmeg.
- Wash the beans then fry in a little butter for 2 minutes, add the lemon juice and minced garlic, cook covered for 3 minutes. Season with salt & pepper.
- Plate up all the components and serve.
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