West Country Pork

Serves:

Ingredients:

4 Thick lean belly pork strips
-OR
Spare rib chops
6 Rashers unsmoked streaky
-bacon
1/4 pt Dry cider
1 lg Cooking apple,
Peeled, cored and sliced
2 Onions, chopped finely
2 Cloves garlic, crushed
6 Juniper berries, crushed
1 1/2 lb Potatoes, thickly sliced

Method:

olive oil a little butter salt, freshly ground black pepper Pre-heat oven to 275F/140C.
Trim any excess fat from the pork.
Heat some oil in a frying pan and brown the pork on both sides then transfer to a shallow casserole.
In the same pan, fry the bacon rashers a little until the fat starts to run.
Using a draining spoon, place the bacon on top of the pork and season lightly.
Sprinkle the juniper berries and garlic over the meat, then spread the slices of apple and onion on top.
Add the cider and cover with a layer of overlapping potato slices.
Finally put a few dabs of butter on top, coer with greaseproof paper or foil, then with a close fitting lid.
Cook for about 3 hours.
Towards the end of the cooking time, pre-heat the grill to its highest setting.
When the oven time is completed, place the dish, uncovered, under the grill so the potatoes become brown and crispy.