Rasberry Jam and Rosemarry Soy Roasted Pork

Ingredients
1kg pork belly (or pork roast), 230g raspberry jam, 2tbsp dried rosemary, 1 tbsp hot paprika, 1 cup Chinese shao xing cooking rice wine (feel free to use any sweet red wines if you want), 4 cloves garlic (finely chopped), 400g button mushroom (sliced), 8 tbsp light soy sauce, 1 tbsp dark soy sauce, 1 tbsp brown sugar, 2tbsp freshly cracked sea salt and black pepper each, 2 tbsp corn flour, coriander to garnish, 1tbsp butter, extra 2 tbsp raspberry jam for the sauce.

the freshly-roasted pork sliced on the cutting board, I personally thought it would better if the meat was a bit more raw, or red-ish.

Method
1. Clean and score the pork belly on both faces with a sharp knife, rub it fresh cracked sea salt and black pepper.
2. In a mixing bowl, bring together 200g of raspberry jam, 6 tbsp light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, dried rosemary, hot paprika, sugar and cooking wine, mix well and rub thoroughly onto the meat, coating much of coarse ingredients onto the top skin layer, leave aside to marinade for at least 3 hours (overnight preferably).

3. Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Wrap the pork with aluminium foil, pour in all the extra marinade sauce as well, seal tightly. Roast over a layer of water in the oven for about 1 hour.
4. After an hour, loosen the seal of the wrap, exposing the skin layer of the pork to direct heat, roast another 20-30 minutes at 220-240 degrees Celsius to get a crisp skin layer. Remove from oven and leave in room temperature to cool.

5. To make the sauce, pour all the sauce from the roasting pan into a heated sauce pan, add in the sliced button mushrooms and bring to boil over medium heat, add the extra raspberry jam and light soy sauce when it starts to boil, make sure everything is well dissolved, add some black pepper powder if desired.
6. Dilute the corn flour with 4tbsp of water, stir in the sauce so that it thickens up, toss in the butter right after turning off the heat. Done, pour sauce over meat to serve.

*Note: feel free to add in fresh rasberry to the sauce, I just couldn't find them from the nearby store the other day.

Tags: pork, raspberry, rosemary, soy sauce, roast, wine, button mushroom