Andi Oliver pork belly souse with cornmeal pudding recipe on Saturday Kitchen

Andi Oliver served up tasty pork belly souse with cornmeal pudding on Saturday Kitchen.

The ingredients for the pork belly are: 1.5kg pork belly, 4 garlic cloves, peeled but left whole, 4 star anise, 1½ tsp crushed juniper berries, 10g fresh coriander stalks, 10g fresh flatleaf parsley stalks and 1½ tsp salt.

For the souse: 1 tsp black peppercorns, crushed, 1 tsp coriander seeds, crushed, 2 Scotch bonnet or bird’s-eye chillies, thinly sliced with seeds left in, 2 onions, thinly sliced, 2 cucumbers, thinly sliced, 2 spring onions, green tops only, thinly sliced, 10g fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped, 10g fresh flatleaf parsley leaves, finely chopped, 2 limes, juice only and 2½ tsp salt.

For the cornmeal pudding: 1.5 litres coconut milk (tinned or fresh), 55g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing, 350g soft dark brown sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 2 tsp golden rum, 450g fine cornmeal or polenta, 80g self-raising flour, ¾ tsp salt, 1 tsp ground nutmeg, 2 tsp ground cinnamon and 100g raisins or sultanas (optional).

For the soft top: 240ml coconut milk (tinned or fresh), 55g soft dark brown sugar and 1 tsp ground cinnamon.




See recipes by Andi Oliver in her book titled: The Pepperpot Diaries: Stories From My Caribbean Table available from Amazon now.