Sesame-crackling pork with plum marmalade
24/9/2005
Serves 6
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Sesame-crackling pork
| 1½ kg | Pork shoulders |
| 1 tbsp | Sesame oil |
| 1 tsp | Garlic salt |
| 2 tsp | Sesame seeds |
Plum marmalade
| 2 | Onions |
| 25 g | Butter |
| 2 tbsp | Wholegrain mustard |
| 2 tbsp | Brown sugar |
| ¼ cup | Balsamic vinegar |
| 1 tsp | Baby onion |
| 850 g | Plums |
Directions
To prepare Sesame-crackling pork:
- Remove skin from pork (boned rolled shoulder of pork). Using a sharp knife, score the skin in a criss-cross pattern.
- Rub in sesame oil and garlic salt. Cover pork with rind and tie to secure. Place on a rack in a roasting dish.
- Bake at 180 degrees C for two hours. Remove roast from oven and stand pork for 10 minutes.
- Remove skin from roast, place under the grill and cook until crisp. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top and cook a further minute or until seeds have browned.
- Slice meat and serve with crackling and plum marmalade.
To prepare Plum marmalade:
- Peel onions and slice finely. Heat butter in a saucepan. Add onion slices and mustard, then cook for two minutes.
- Add sugar, vinegar and salt. Reduce heat and cook for 10 minutes, stirring often.
- Drain plums, reserving juice. Remove stones and discard. Add plums to onions with half a cup of reserved juice.
- Combine and simmer for a further 10 minutes.

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