James Tanner served up a tasty pork belly with crispy crackling and potato gratin dish on today’s episode of Lorraine.

The ingredients are: 1k x whole pork belly rib bones removed, Zest of 1 lemon, 600ml x cider, 4 x tbsp maple syrup, 2 x tsp 5 spice, 1 x star anise, 4 x comice pears, halved, 2 x carrots rough cut, 2 x sticks of celery rough cut, 1 large onion, rough cut, 1 x bay leaf, 5 sprigs of thyme, 1 x head garlic split in half, 1 x chicken stock cube and fine salt.

For the Potato Gratin: 750g potatoes, 300 ml whipping cream, 1 whole garlic bulb, small bunch fresh thyme, tied, 100g gruyère, grated, crushed sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.