Pork with feta, cherry and thyme
Including the perfect mix of ingredients, creating a flavour explosion – Serves 6 for family Christmas?
Ingredients
- 100g fetta, crumbled
- 2 tbs fresh thyme leaves
- 1 lemon, finely grated rind
- 125g fresh cherries, pitted, roughly chopped
- 2kg boned rolled leg of pork roll
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 1 tbs sea salt flakes
- Vegetables of choice, to serve
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Method
- Preheat oven to 220C. Combine fetta, thyme leaves, lemon rind and cherries in a bowl.
- Remove twine from pork and place onto a chopping board, skin side down. Spread cherry mixture over pork.
- Roll and secure, every 4-5cm with kitchen twine. Rub oil over pork skin and rub with sea salt flakes.
- Place pork into a roasting pan and place in oven. Roast for 30-45 minutes or until skin is crisp and golden.
- Reduce oven temperature to 180C and cook for 45-60 minutes or until cooked through when tested with a skewer. Transfer pork to a serving platter with vegetables and apple sauce.
Tips
Buy your pork the day before you wish to cook it. Remove all packaging from the pork and place into a baking dish, skin side up. Place in refrigerator overnight, uncovered. This will allow the pork skin to dry out which will give a crisp finish. Once you have stuffed and retied the pork, rub oil over skin with your hands then add the salt. Roast initially on a high heat, then reduce heat so skin still continues to cook but meat does not dry out.
