Perfect Pork Crackling (Pork Recipes)

Member Name: indno

Product:	Pork Recipes
Date:	03/03/09 (239 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: works every time

Disadvantages: none really

My family love roast dinners and pork is a real favourite, however, it must be said that they are very fussy about the condition of their crackling - every last one of them and expert and not one of them a cook! - Well it has taken me years to get 'perfect crackling' every time; I haven't got it wrong for years now and I thought 'maybe there are other people out there, worrying themselves to death about the next family dinner and how the crackling will turn out; causing them to look on this site to find an answer - well I would have if I'd have known about it!'

So, I think it would be extremely kind of me to share my 'Perfect Crackling' recipe with the world - well, maybe one or two other crackling obsessed individuals, who, like me, would go to the ends of the earth, or scour books, or even search the internet, for the secret of the 'golden crown' as my barmy son calls it! Anyway, without further ado here it is:

Joint of pork
Salt
Olive oil
boiling water

Score the skin, put pork into a colander or on a rack skin side up, bring kettle to boil and pour over the skin, dry and place in fridge for 1 to 2 hours, take from fridge and rub all over with olive oil and salt, cook as you would normally for whatever size joint you have.

After you get used to cooking it this way you can experiment, you can add pepper, fennel, garlic, chilli, anything you fancy to the olive oil. I have even resorted to rubbing in the oil and salt after only a few minutes (I pourd cold water on it to cool down the skin) when time has been an issue and it worked fine, so give it a go, I hope that you'll be pleasantly surprised!

Summary: No more soggy or burnt crackling.