Denmark: Roast pork with crackling recipe

1 pork belly

Salt

2 bay leaves

Thyme

1 liter duck fat

Pommes fondant (white potato base)

2 baking potatoes

250 g butter

250 g water

1 tbsp vinegar

Caramelised potatoes

8 new potatoes

50 g sugar or 100 g clear honey

50 g butter

200 g water

Braised red cabbage

1 red cabbage

100ml red wine vinegar

100 g sugar

1 shallot

2 oranges

2 cloves

2 star anis

2 cinnamon quills

1 liter water

Apples in red currant jelly

4 small apples (native Jonathan or Jazz are great due to their size and tangy taste)

Water

Pinch of salt

100g red currants

50 g sugar

2 gelatin leaves

Juice of 1 lemon

Red currant sauce

100g poaching fat from the pork (the fat used to cook the pork belly)

20g flour

200ml chicken stock