Get in my belly! Try this recipe for Pork Belly Banh Mi from Colin Fassnidge

Prep Time: 35 minutes plus refrigeration time

Cook Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Makes: 6

Ingredients

• 1kg pork belly, scored and left on a plate in the fridge, uncovered for 2 days to dry and form a hard crust
• 6 crusty bread rolls, split

Pate

• 150g salted butter
• 1 brown onion, chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, chopped
• ½ bunch thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 100mls Pouring Cream
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 400g chicken livers, cleaned
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce, to taste
• ground white pepper, to taste

Chilli Vinaigrette

• 200ml white wine Vinegar
• 50mls water
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 birds eye chillies, finely chopped
• 2 – 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• Root and stem of 1 bunch coriander, washed and chopped

Salad

• 1 butter lettuce, leaves trimmed and washed
• 6 green spring onions, trimmed into lengths
• 3 carrots, cut into long strips
• 2 large Lebanese cucumber, cut into long strips
• 1 cup coriander leaves
• 2 limes

Method

1 To make pate, heat butter in a frying pan over a medium low heat. Add onions, garlic and herbs. Saute until onions are tender but not coloured. Add cream and bring to a gentle simmer. Pour into base of a blender.

2 Heat a clean frying pan over a high heat. Add oil and then livers. Cook, without turning for two minutes or until seared. Turn livers and cook for a further one to two minutes, or until just pink in the middle. Season. Add to blender with onion mixture, fish sauce and pepper. Blend until smooth. Remove bowl. Cover and refrigerate until cold.

3 To cook pork, preheat oven to 22OC (fan-forced).

4 Place pork onto a wire rack in the base of a roasting pan. Rub with oil and season with sea salt. Cook for 25 minutes. Skin should be crisp and crackled.

5 Reduce heat to 160C (fan-forced) and cook for a further 1 hour to 1 hour 20 minutes or until meat is tender.

6 To make vinaigrette, blend ingredients until smooth.

7 To assemble, cut pork into thick slices. Spread pate onto base of sliced rolls. Top with carrot, lettuce, onion, coriander, cucumber and sliced pork. Spoon over vinaigrette.

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