Apple cider vinegar roast pork with crackling

Recipe by Smeg chef Elke Travers

Serves 10

Using Smeg’s ‘Ferrari’ function, supercook and apple cider vinegar results in exceptional, toothsome crackling with meltingly tender pork.  For best results, rub with salt and vinegar the day before and dry thoroughly before roasting.

1.8kg pork leg boned, fat scored

2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

1 tablespoon oil

1kg roasting potatoes, cut into eighths

2 sprigs rosemary

Sprinkle pork with 1 teaspoon salt, rub with apple cider vinegar and leave uncovered in the fridge overnight.

Set oven to supercook function and pre-heat to 240⁰C.  

Dry pork thoroughly and place on a grill insert in a baking tray.  Sprinkle with remaining salt and rub with oil.  Roast for 40 minutes until the crackling is blistered. 

Reduce oven temperature to 150⁰C and cook for an additional 1 hour 30 minutes.  Remove the pork and set aside to rest for 30 minutes.

To the pork roasting tray, add potatoes and rosemary and mix well.  Increase oven temperature to 220⁰C and roast potatoes for 20 minutes until golden.

Served pork and crackling sliced with potatoes and pan juices.

Recipe created with the Smeg 90cm Classic Thermoseal Oven.