Roast loin of pork with crackling by Countrywise guest chef

Succulent roast loin of British pork with crackling

Ingredients

1x 1½ kg3¼ lb loin of pork on the bone
2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
2 tbsp honey
Sea salt and black pepper
12 carrots
1 L cider

Method: How to make Roast loin of pork with crackling

Remove the skin from the pork. Mix the honey and mustard together. Season the loin with salt and pepper then smear the honey and mustard mixture over the loin. Put the skin back on the loin.

Sit the loin on the chine bone. Re-attach everything together with string between each exposed rib.

Sit the loin upright in a roasting tin.

Nestle the carrots all around and pour in the cider. Sprinkle sea salt over the skin.

Roast in a hot oven at 220C/Gas 7 for 45 minutes. Turn the heat down to 180C/Gas 4 for a further 45 minutes.

Remove from the oven and rest for 20 minutes. Cut the string and portion the crackling. Throw away chine bone and cut between each rib for perfect chops.