Pork Belly With Wild Huckleberry Sauce
Serve this with roasted or mashed potatoes or some nice garlicy kale.
Total Steps
4
Ingredients
13
Tools Needed
2
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon <a href="/NLPYVN22">olive oil</a>
- 8 ounce <a href="/GBCGH5H3">pork belly</a>
- 1 <a href="/CSFGV8FR">shallot,</a> minced
- 2 <a href="/FQRPFPP6">garlic cloves,</a> smashed
- 0 coarse <a href="/7WDLGSY7">salt</a>
- 0 cracked <a href="/SWV3CGDQ">black pepper</a>
- 3 tablespoon <a href="/23HWFLXY">balsamic vinegar</a>
- 0.5 cup <a href="/WZ58MCL7">syrah </a><a href="/3SXXWKLW">wine</a>
- 1.5 cup fresh huckleberries
- 0.5 sprig fresh <a href="/YCG55RYS">rosemary</a>
- 1 sprig fresh <a href="/LC2JZ743">oregano</a>
- 2 fresh <a href="/4XCMQGHY">sage </a>leaves
- 3 tablespoon <a href="/GHZ654L7">brown sugar</a>
Instructions
Step 1
<a href="/H3S4YV46">Preheat oven </a>to 300F.
Step 2
Add olive oil to a medium saute pan over high <a href="/XZFHRHHF">heat. </a><a href="/H7TNTGFZ">Season </a>and <a href="/CV6SZLKG">sear </a>pork belly on all sides. After <a href="/CV6SZLKG">searing </a>the pork belly on all sides, remove it from the <a href="/XZFHRHHF">heat </a>and set it aside. Next add 1/4 cup of finely chopped shallots and sauteed them over medium-high <a href="/XZFHRHHF">heat </a>with a good pinch of <a href="/DPSVTKVY">salt </a>and pepper.
Step 3
<a href="/D8H7R37K">Deglazed </a>wit balsamic vinegar and syrah. Next add 1 cup of huckleberries, 1/2 sprig of fresh rosemary, two fresh sage leaves, a fresh oregano sprig, two garlic cloves, smashed only slightly and a sprinkling of <a href="/D434P8MH">brown </a>sugar.
Step 4
Bring the pan to a <a href="/GFSF4J5F">simmer </a>and let the sauce work it's magic for a couple minutes. Next add the <a href="/CV6SZLKG">seared </a>pork belly back to the sauce, covered it and let it cook at 300 F for almost two hours, <a href="/B52FHCF2">turning </a>the pan half way through cooking. Once the meat is more than fork-tender, removed the pan from the oven and onto a <a href="/ZJ3WDM5Q">plate </a>and cover the pork in the sauce and sprinkle on another handful, or the remaining huckleberries for <a href="/HT4RHHGB">color </a>and a nice tang to balance <a href="/PMQVQDJ8">flavors.</a>