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On 20/03/2016 6:44 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> I've never seen it at the store ... never looked for it, either ...
> but there it was at Costco, a big package of it. Looked good,
> but I don't know what people do with it.
>
> Ideas?
>
> nancy

Assuming it's not salted, try making a confit of it. I had some in a
French restaurant that had been prepared that way and then sautéed to
brown it off. Damn, it was good! Otherwise, long slow roasting to
render the fat seems to be the order of the day. It has been a
fashionable cut for a while in the UK. There are numerous recipes he
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/search/re...ery=pork+belly
Graham