Whole Roast Pork Belly with English Braeburn Apples and Polenta

Roast beef for Sunday lunch is desperately hard to resist, but for me, sharing a whole, well-sourced and perfectly cooked belly of pork coated in eye-candy crackling with my family is as deeply gratifying as any meal.

The secret is in the purchasing: choose a pork belly with the bones intact, from a breed known for good fat distribution, such as Old Spot or Middle White. Salting the belly a couple of hours prior to cooking will guarantee good satisfying crackling and give you pork t