Pork Rolled Spare Rib Roast

This is a beautiful slow roasting joint as a wonderful centrepiece for a special dinner, or can be eaten as pulled pork.

It provides excellent crackling.

A Spare Rib joint is the flat piece of belly rolled up and secured with roasting bands to keep its shape, due to the marbling of fat this is a succulent roast.For perfect crackling, dry the rind and using a sharp knife score depply, rub well with oil (use vegetable not olive oil) and salt. Place on a rach in aroasting tin and open roast in the centre of a pre-heated oven for calculated cooking time (do not baste or cover the joint, or the crackling will go soft)

Once cooked, allow the joint to stand for 10 mins prior to carving - this allows the juices to settle giving you amore succulent joint