Pork Pies with Pine Nuts and Dried Fruit
Virtuoso charcutier Arnaud Nicolas’s choice of meat—lean pork belly—gets the ratio of protein to fat exactly right. The interiors of his warm buttery puff pastries are studded with jewellike nubs of pistachio, cranberry and apricot
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Pork Belly Porchetta with Truffles
This is Nadine Levy Redzepi’s high-low approach to pork, combining a humble, fatty cut with upscale but affordable preserved truffles. The meat is cooked until just tender; it won’t be meltingly soft like a braise, but it has that irresistible crunchy layer of fat to keep everything juicy.
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Pork Belly
You can't go wrong with melt-in-your-mouth pork belly. From crispy pork belly with kimchi to hearty sandwiches loaded with tender pork belly pieces and fried eggs, these dishes will be worth the effort.
Pancetta
Pancetta—the Italian bacon made of pork belly meat—is used in plenty of recipes, including these pancetta-beef burgers with horseradish ketchup and these baked rigatoni with broccoli, green olives and pancetta.
Crispy Pork Belly Tacos with Pico de Gallo
Chef Enrique Olvera stuffs tacos with crispy pork belly, confited in fat, and serves them with a tangy salsa spiked with Mexican beer.
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Pork Belly with Rhubarb Glaze
After brining pork belly, chef Zakary Pelaccio slow-roasts the meat until it’s tender and crisp, brushing it with a deliciously sweet and tangy rhubarb glaze.
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