Pork Leg Roast With Cracklings -Sinfully Deelish
"This pork roast recipe is a favorite here, I have been making this for ages; the meat turns out moist and flavorful and those cracklings……………………………….Mmmmmmmmm, sinfully delicious."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (465.1 g)
- Calories 583.8
- Total Fat - 16.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.8 g
- Cholesterol - 299.4 mg
- Sodium - 931.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 1.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
- Sugars - 0.1 g
- Protein - 101.2 g
- Calcium - 85.3 mg
- Iron - 8.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Take the roast out of the packaging and pat dry with paper towels; you want all that moisture out.
Step 2
Place the roast on a plate in the refrigerator uncovered and let it sit there for at least 2 hours. I prepare mine in the morning and let it sit there sit in there until it is ready to be seasoned.
Step 3
Take the roast out of refrigerator and score the skin all around the roast in 1/2 inch rows (see photos)
Step 4
Mix together the salt, thyme, garlic powder and ground peppercorns and rub all over the roast, skin and flesh; let it sit for 1 hour.
Step 5
Pour the avocado oil over the roast and rub it all over the roast.
Step 6
Place the roast on a metal rack in a roasting pan and cook in preheated 450 degree Fahrenheit oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until the rind is nicely crackled.
Step 7
Reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue roasting for 1 1/2 hours or until internal temperature is 140 degrees Fahrenheit; this will vary depending on your oven and size of roast.
Step 8
Increase temperature to 450 degrees Fahrenheit and cook for another 10 minutes or until golden.
Step 9
Remove from oven and allow resting for 15 to 20 minutes before carving. This is where I am tempted to pull the cracklings off and devour them before we all get to eat, lol.
Step 10
Enjoy!
Tips
No special items needed.