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Wurm unlimited crafting. Parent) comments responding directly the post be attempts to answer the question posed. I've done a couple of pork roasts in my life and I feel like the end result is always different, I don't know if I should blame the pig or me for the various results.A while back I made a pork belly roast. I wrapped it in paper wrap, then in tinfoil and put in oven for 3-4 hourse in 115 C. I took it out and removed the wrap and put in oven on 225.C for maybe 15 minutes and everything started to pop like crazy and the skin got super nice.On sunday I made some pork knuckles.
It was pre-brined, I simmrered it with a mirepoix and a rutabuga together with some all-spice and bayleaf. It was tender after perhaps 2 hours, I took it out and let it rest for an hour.
Pat the skin dry and put it in oven for on 225.C for about 15 minutes. And nothing happened.
The skin was just lethery. I raised the temp of the oven but that only burnt the skin.I was so dissapointed. Next time I really want to succeed with the porkskin. What is the secret? What is it that the porkskin desired?. Dunk the pork in simmering water for about 10 minutes.
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This will gelatinise the skin.Jab the skin all over with a jacquard, bundle of bamboo skewers, or a sharp knife. This is to put little drain holes through to the fat layer and let it run out.Take out, drain and dry, then coat with a mix of 2 parts salt to 1 part baking powder. The salt draws out some more water and seasons the skin while a small amount of the baking powder will be drawn into the now-gelatinous skin to expand into CO2 later.Wait about half an hour, then scrape as much of the salt mix off as possible. Rinse the rest off with cold water, then pat dry. Removing the salt and baking powder prevents overseasoning and the soapy metallic taste of too much baking powder.
A quick rinse with cold water doesn't rehydrate the pork enough to matter.Put in a hot oven (200c) to brown and crisp, or alternatively for pork belly, roast at 160c until cooked, then brown in a hot oven or broiler. Wipe the crackling occasionally if the fat is pooling anywhere.The result is crispy light crackling that crunches perfectly when you bite it. Salt is the trick.I did a crispy pork belly last week which came out excellently, and I really didn't do a lot for it.I made a dry rub and covered the underside, dried the skin on top and placed in fridge, uncovered over night.Then, using tinfoil, I wrapped the pork round the edges so all you could see was the skin on top.Then, I toweled it dry and poured over about half a pot of corse salt.The tin foil worked like a wall and kept it all on top of the porkAfter an hour in the oven, I took off the salt. It came off in one clean piece, like a crusty cracker or something, and then I put it in for another hour, finished under the gril.I think the only secret is how dry you get the skin, and for me in the past, it wasn't getting dry enough as I wasn't using enough salt. Pork roast with crispy skin really is a staple of Danish lunch and dinner, especially in winter.
As someone else has said before me in this thread - salt is the trick. Do deep straight cuts across the skin so that it looks like, the cuts shouldn't go into the meat itself. The roast in the picture is done of course, but you get the idea. After doing the cuts you just rub salt on top of the skin and in between the cuts. Use plenty of salt, don't hesitate even if it almost looks like too much.A trick you can use if the skin doesn't get completely crispy is to buy a blow torch, such as the ones you would use for creme brulee, and use it to make the skin crispy after the roast is done and taken out of the oven.