{"id":179229,"date":"2026-05-13T22:11:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=179229"},"modified":"2026-05-13T22:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:11:55","slug":"melissa-thompson-jerk-pork-belly-with-roasted-cabbage-and-lime-dressed-butter-recipe-on-jamies-ultimate-bbq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/179229\/melissa-thompson-jerk-pork-belly-with-roasted-cabbage-and-lime-dressed-butter-recipe-on-jamies-ultimate-bbq\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Thompson jerk pork belly with roasted cabbage and lime dressed butter recipe on Jamie&#8217;s Ultimate BBQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Thompson served up a tasty jerk pork belly with roasted cabbage and lime dressed butter on Jamie&#8217;s Ultimate BBQ.<\/p>\n<p>The ingredients are: 500g pork belly, cut into 1.5cm-thick slices, 1 sweetheart cabbage, cut into 4 wedges and your favourite chilli pepper sauce, to serve.<\/p>\n<p>For the dry rub: 2 teaspoons onion powder, 2 teaspoons garlic powder, 1 tablespoon ground pimento berries (allspice), 2 teaspoons ground ginger, 1 tablespoon dried thyme, 3t teaspoons ground black pepper, 2 teaspoons sea salt, 2 teaspoons golden caster sugar, 1-2 teaspoons ground Scotch bonnet powder (if you can\u2019t find it, use dried habanero or cayenne pepper, or leave out and use a bit more Scotch bonnet in the wet marinade) and 2 teaspoons smoked paprika.<\/p>\n<p>For the jerk marinade: 20g piece of ginger, peeled and roughly chopped, 1-2 spring onions, trimmed and roughly chopped, 1 tablespoon pimento berries, \u00bd a tablespoon golden caster sugar, 3-4 garlic cloves, peeled, 6 thyme sprigs, roughly stripped, 1\u00bd tablespoons white wine vinegar (or apple cider vinegar), \u00bd Scotch bonnet, deseeded or not depending on heat tolerance, \u00be of a teaspoons sea salt and \u00be of a teaspoon freshly ground black pepper<\/p>\n<p>For the lime chilli butter: 1 medium garlic clove, peeled and finely chopped, \u00bc -\u00bd Scotch bonnet, deseeded and finely chopped, 1 spring onion, finely sliced, 100g salted butter, at room temperature, 1 lime, zest of and quartered for garnish and freshly ground black pepper.<\/p>\n<p>For the jerk sauce: 4 tablespoons barbecue sauce, 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup, a drizzle of honey and 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jerk-pork-belly.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179231\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jerk-pork-belly.png 500w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jerk-pork-belly-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- food and drink --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0466605792016836\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3648486817\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fired-up.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-179232\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See recipes by Melissa in her book titled: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4u9m118\">Fired Up: Fresh takes and big flavours in 90 modern barbecue recipes<\/a> available from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4u9m118\">Amazon<\/a> now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melissa Thompson served up a tasty jerk pork belly with roasted cabbage and lime dressed butter on Jamie&#8217;s Ultimate BBQ. 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