The more you weigh the harder you are to kidnap. Stay safe… Eat pork belly!

Ingredients:

• 1 pound fresh pork belly
• 2½ cups chicken stock
• ½ onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• ½ cinnamon stick
• 1 bay leaf
• 3-5 whole allspice cloves/ anises

Sauce:

• ¼ cup real maple syrup
• 100ml bourbon whiskey
• 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 2 tbsp soy sauce

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 180C.
2. Heat enough oil to cover the bottom of a large pot or Dutch oven. Sauté onion, garlic, cinnamon stick, bay leaf, and spices until fragrant.
3. Add in stock and cook for 20-30 minutes.
4. Place pork belly in the Dutch oven, bake for 2½ hours, until tender.
5. Drain away sauce; chill the pork overnight to improve the texture of the meat.
6. When ready, tip the ketchup, soy sauce, maple syrup and bourbon into a small pan. Set over a high heat and bubble for 5 mins until thick and syrupy. Pour over the chunks of pork and toss to coat. Roast for 15-20 mins more until sticky.
7. Serve with risotto!