Danish Pork With Crackling Food

DANISH PORK WITH CRACKLING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F Dry pork roast as much as possible with a paper towel.
• Using a sharp knife, cut halfway through the fat layer (but not the meat) in horizontal lines 1/2" apart. Then make vertical lines 1/2" apart, making a cross-hatch pattern.
• In a small bowl, combine the salt, cloves, mustard seeds, and crumbled bay leaves. Rub the mixture into the pork roast, making sure to work it into the fat layer.
• Place in a deep roasting pan and roast for about 30 minutes or until top is crackling and golden brown. Reduce heat to 350°F and carefully pour the water into the pan.
• Cook another hour, or until meat reaches 160°F.
• Remove crackling from roast, cut roast into slices, and serve crackling with the roast.

DANISH ROAST PORK

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Score your crackling.
• Season with salt & pepper.
• Place roast on a rack in roasting pan.
• Cook your prunes until tender (cover with water and simmer until tender).
• 45 minutes before the roast is done, place apples around the roast.
• 30 minutes before roast is done, put prunes around the roast.
• Roast until inner temp reach 170°F (allow 30- 35 minutes per pound).
• Remove roast from oven and cut off the crackling.
• Cover roast, prunes and apples and keep warm.
• Return crackling to hot oven in a metal pan. (Raise temp to about 375°F or broil, but if you broil watch closely).
• Spray with cold water again if it hasn't completely crackled.
• Spray crackling with cold water, takes about 10 minutes.