A delicious main dish recipe that you can serve even for special occasions.

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 lb. piece belly of pork
Salt and pepper
1/4 teaspoon powdered sage
1 oz. dripping OR lard
2-3 onions, halved
8 oz. sharp-flavoured apples, peeled and halved
Pinch sugar
Nut butter

For the gravy:
1/2 oz. flour
Stock OR water plus stock cube
Seasoning

DIRECTIONS

• Pat meat dry and cut off any bones. Rub salt, pepper and sage onto the meat.
• Heat dripping in a large, heavy pan. Put the meat with the skin side facing up. Turn and cook the other side evenly.
• Add the apples and onions. Cover pan and cook over low heat for about 60 minutes. Remove cover and continue cooking for another half hour or until the meat is crisp.
• Transfer meat into a warm plate. Puree apples and onion, rubbing it through a sieve. Season with sugar and a nut of butter.
• Prepare gravy using fat and flour. Add seasonings and pass mixture through a sieve.
• Cut pork and serve with gravy.