Salt & Sugar Pork Belly

Salt & Sugar Pork Belly

by | Jan 28, 2021 | Food, Recipes

Here’s how to prepare our Village Butcher salt & sugar pork belly with Madrona Farms roadside honour-box vegetables with a  Miso, mustard and Maple syrup pan sauce.

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The Village Butcher Salt & Sugar Pork Belly

Recipe by NicheCourse: Dinner
Servings

4-6

servings
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

2

hours 

20

minutes

Village Butcher salt & sugar pork belly with Madrona Farms roadside honour-box vegetables with a Miso, mustard and Maple syrup pan sauce 

Ingredients

  • 1 4lb salt and sugar pork belly roast, room temperature

  • For the pan sauce:

  • 4 cups chicken or pork stock

  • 2 TBSP Apple cider vinegar

  • 2TBSP honey

  • 2TBSP Miso paste

  • 2 TBSP Grainy mustard

  • 3 TBSP cold butter

  • For the Veggies

  • 1 Pint Sunchokes, cleanse and halved

  • 4 small turnips, cleaned and quartered

  • 1 bunch carrots, cleaned and halved

  • 1 large parsnip, cleaned, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces

  • 2 TBSP Olive oil

  • Salt and pepper to taste

  • Few sprigs of herbs, picked  (Thyme, rosemary, sage and savoury are nice)

Directions

  • Cook the pork for for 2 hours @ 300 then an additional 15-20 minutes @ 450 to brown and crisp the crust.  Let rest 20 minutes before serving.
  • Toss all the prepared vegetables in the olive oil and picked picked herbs.  Season with salt and pepper and place on two, parchment lined bake trays.  Cook @ 350 for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
  • While pork is resting, pour fat out of cooking pan (reserve for something good another time!)  Add everything except for the butter.  Reduce by half then whisk in the cold butter.

Fabulous plates from spiritwares.com

Why is food security so important?

Why is food security so important?

by | Jan 1, 2021 | Food

People have become more aware of food security and what it means in the last few years. While this sees us as a community moving more in the right direction it is still something that I believe most of us do not really think about on a daily basis. Here at Niche we believe it should be.

As residents of an Island we depend on some tenuous forms of transportation to get the vast majority of our food supply. In fact, up to 90% of our food arrives via supply chains easily disrupted by weather,
natural disaster or conflict. Not so long ago the Island supported enough food producers that we had almost 85% of our food produced locally. Imagine that!

Not only should we worry about getting the food to the Island but what about our local economy? With the global pandemic devastating our biggest industry (tourism) on the South Island how do we support our communities financially? How do we keep our money here on Vancouver Island? I am sure you have heard it over and over in the last year but here it is again, BUY LOCAL.

Our motto is EAT LOCAL, MEET LOCAL. This means that while we will be supporting and utilizing our local food producers in both our menu and our retail selection, we also want you to learn about where your food comes from. Who are these mysterious farmers, fishermen, foragers and food professionals that we have in such abundance here on the Island and B.C.? At Niche we will strive to educate, introduce, nourish and support our community through delicious food, drink and hospitality.

Anticipated opening is March/April 2021.

See you all in the Spring!

Salt & Sugar Pork Belly

by | January 28, 2021 | Food, Recipes | 11 Comments

Here's how to prepare our Village Butcher salt & sugar pork belly with Madrona Farms roadside honour-box vegetables with a  Miso, mustard and Maple syrup pan sauce. Fabulous plates from spiritwares.com
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Why is food security so important?

by | January 1, 2021 | Food | 0 Comments

People have become more aware of food security and what it means in the last few years. While this sees us as a community moving more in the right direction it is still something that I believe most of us do not really think about on a daily basis. Here at Niche we...
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