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Roast pork and crackling

Course Main Course
Cuisine British
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • roasting pork join with crackling
  • vegetable oil
  • salt
  • handful of fresh sage leaves
  • 2 onions, peeled and thickly sliced

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 220ºC / Gas 7.
  • Remove the pork from the packaging and pat dry with kitchen roll.  If the pork skin isn't scored, with a sharp knife score across the pork skin.
  • Place the sliced onion and sage leaves on the bottom of a roasting tin.  Place the pork on top.
  • Rub oil and salt all over the crackling.  Place the pork in the oven and cook for 30mins.  Then reduce the heat to 180ºc/Gas 4 and cook for the remaining time according to the size of your roasting joint.  (As a guide medium - 25mins per 450g, plus 20mins, if you prefer your pork well done, then 30mins per 450g, plus 20mins)
  • When cooked, remove from the oven and leave to rest for around 15mins, covered loosely in foil. When ready to carve, take off the crackling and slice.