Ingredients

Ingredients For the brine

• 600ml/1½ pints water

• 50g/2oz sea salt

• 50g/2oz brown sugar

• 2 tbsp sherry vinegar

• 2 juniper berries

• pinch nutmeg

• 1 bay leaf

• 1 sprig fresh thyme

• 2 cloves

For the pigs' cheeks

• 8 pigs' cheeks

• 1 tbsp olive oil

• 1 onion, finely chopped

• 1 carrot, peeled, finely chopped

• ½ stick celery, finely chopped

• 1 leek, finely sliced

• 3 cloves garlic, peeled, crushed

• 4 sprigs fresh thyme

• 10 coriander seeds

• 2 star anise

• 2 juniper berries

• 5 black peppercorns

• 5 white peppercorns

• 1 bay leaf

• 1 tsp ketjap manis (available from oriental supermarkets)

• 750ml/1 pint 7fl oz Madeira wine

• 600ml/1½pints chicken stock

For the belly pork

• 1 x 4kg/8lb 13oz pork belly (with rib bones)

• 500g/1lb sea salt

• 500g/1lb caster sugar

• 1 tsp cayenne pepper

• 1 head garlic, cloves peeled and crushed

• 1 bunch fresh thyme

• 1 bunch fresh rosemary

• 5 litres/8 pints olive oil

For the preserved apple

• 20 Jersey cider apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced on a mandoline

• caster sugar, to sprinkle over apples

For the quince and apple purée

• 200ml/7fl oz stock syrup (made by dissolving sugar in an equal amount of simmering water)

• 1 cinnamon stick

• 6 quinces, finely chopped

• 6 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, finely chopped

• lemon juice, to taste

For the scallops

• 8 fresh Jersey hand-caught scallops, in the shell

• 8 slices cured pancetta

• drizzle olive oil

• knob butter

• lemon juice, to taste

For the crackling

• pork belly skin (from above)

• vegetable oil, for deep-frying

• salt, to taste

For the Jersey Royal potatoes

• 900g/2lb Jersey Royal potatoes

• pinch salt

• 1 tbsp Jersey butter

• small bunch fresh mint stalks, finely chopped

To serve

• 1 bunch Jersey watercress, to garnish

Specialist equipment

• professional vacuum pack machine

• vacuum pack bags

Description

Recipe Uses 600ml/1½ Pints Water, 50g/2oz Sea Salt, 50g/2oz Brown Sugar, 2 Tbsp Sherry Vinegar, 2 Juniper Berries, Pinch Nutmeg, 1 Bay Leaf, 1 Sprig...

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