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Kale with sweet-and-sour pork belly and quince pureé

Prep time less than 30 mins
Cook time less than 30 mins
Serves 4
From Kew on a Plate
The variety of kale we have been growing in the garden at Kew, called Westland Winter, has absolutely amazing flavour. I’ve cooked it very quickly and simply to retain its powerhouse of nutrients; it’s a perfect partner to the succulent, gently spiced pork belly.

Method


  1. Preheat the oven to 120C/100C Fan/Gas ½.

  2. For the pork belly, in a medium lidded casserole, mix all the ingredients except the pork. Add the belly and baste with the sauce. Bake for 3 hours, basting with the sauce every 20 minutes. When cooked, the pork will be firm but offer a little resistance when a knife is inserted. Lift the pork out of the casserole and set aside to rest, loosely covered with foil.

  3. Strain the cooking juices into a saucepan over a high heat and bring to the boil. Reduce the volume of liquid by half so it thickly coats the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat and reserve.

  4. For the kale, in a large lidded saucepan, mix together 100ml/3½fl oz water, the butter and salt and bring to the boil. Add both varieties of kale and cook, covered with a lid, for 3–4 minutes, until barely cooked but still retaining a bit of bite and their wonderful colour. Drain well.

  5. To serve, spread a spoonful of the quince purée in the centre of each plate. Add the kale, then slice the pork belly and divide between the plates. Finish with a little more purée and scatter over the sesame seeds.

Ingredients

For the pork belly

  • 70g/2½oz acacia or Manuka honey
  • 50g/1¾oz tomato ketchup
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 4 tsp rice wine vinegar
  • 10g root ginger, peeled and finely chopped
  • ½ red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
  • ¼ shallot, finely chopped
  • 75g/2½oz quince (about ¼ large quince), peeled and cut into 2cm/¾in wedges
  • 500g/1lb 2oz pork belly, all bones removed, skin removed or scored

For the kale

  • 20g/¾oz butter
  • pinch sea salt
  • 280g/9¾oz Westland Winter or Red Curled kale leaves
  • 8 Nero di Toscana kale leaves

To serve

  • 150g/5½oz quince purée
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds, lightly toasted

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