roast pork rack

17 July 2009, 10:34

once upon a time long long ago there was a feast of tasty pork at restaurant atelier and in our goodie bag was a whopping 1.2kg Murray Valley moisture infused rack of pork! oh the possibilities! but dilemma ive never cooked with pork before let alone roasted one. oh yes i am a complete n00b in the kitchen. and so after a quick google search here we go!


first. preheat oven to 220°C. then whack the rack onto a lined baking tray. dont do what i did and cut it perfectly to fit the tray- make the baking paper go up the edges cos it’ll be easier to clean later.


grab a heap of paper towels and pat the skin super dry. just the skin part tho not the meat. then grab a knife and score the skin. rub in about 2 tablespoons of coarse salt and olive oil on the skin and in the scored marks. grab your kitchen twine and tie across the rack in the scored lines. while you’ve got your knife out chop up some potatoes and carrots and shove em and some sprigs of rosemary under your porky and then into the oven he goes for 30mins


ooh the beginnings of crackle! now lower the oven temp to 180°C and back in he goes for 1hour


MAH BAABEEEEYYY!!! so so pretty! and it smells soooo tasty but wait! mr porky is not quite done yet! turn up the oven temp to 240°C and watch your porky or he’ll burn!


see? like this… it’s crackling teevee! noods found me like this when he got home while i was chanting “crackle crackle crackle!”


and tadah! 10mins later and you’ll have crackle perfection!


perfection i say!


aw pretty slice! crispy crackle and soft juicy innards mmm nom nom ahhh super happy that it turned out and that i didnt kill it haha much thanks to australian pork for the awesome rack!

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1. OMG -look at that crackling!!! How many meals did this take you & Noods to finish?

   I love the pic of you sitting in front of the oven…hehe, you’re so cute! xx

   — Jen (jenius.com.au)    Jul 17, 10:46 AM    #
   
   

2. oh my god…. arrsomeee!!! That looks really really good!!! Must make some crackling this Sunday for POH!

   — billy@ATFT    Jul 17, 10:47 AM    #
   
   

3. HOLYSHEEEEPPPP that is the best pork crackling I’ve seen thus far!!!!!! Geez Suze you really know how to make your readers drooool! hahahaha ok too many excalamation marks on my comment now…

   — Trisha    Jul 17, 10:53 AM    #
   
   

4. That looks so yummy! Apparently if you put vinegar on the skin it makes it extra crispy (at least according to my mum).

   — Lene    Jul 17, 10:54 AM    #
   
   

5. rofl. Crackling tv! love it!

   and well done too on your first effort!

   — Helen (grabyourfork)    Jul 17, 11:12 AM    #
   
   

6. Hehehe at you sitting in front of the oven chanting for crackling! I would be doing that too, plus a cracking dance for good measure! It looks freaking awesome btw :)

   — Steph    Jul 17, 11:37 AM    #
   
   

7. oAehoAHEoHAEOha I love the photo of you watching “TV”.

   — goosmurf    Jul 17, 01:07 PM    #
   
   

8. Awesome job on the crackle. Crackle tv sounds good but I’d perfer the eating over the watching!! lol

   — Shanks    Jul 17, 02:46 PM    #
   
   

9. Hahahahah you are hilarious!!
   It was all worth it hey, that crackling looked awesome!

   — Brenda    Jul 17, 03:38 PM    #
   
   

10. The crackling is so perfect and your kitchen is so clean!!! lol

    — Ellie@AlmostBourdain    Jul 17, 03:47 PM    #
    
    

11. PERFECT CRACKLING! faint

    — Yas    Jul 17, 05:12 PM    #
    
    

12. wow…..beautiful !!! I have never cooked the pork like this yet.. wanted for long time.. looks so yummy

    — Ja    Jul 17, 05:53 PM    #
    
    

13. You go, girl! What a great effort. Though I think that watching the pork cooking is like watching paint dry – except cracklier!

    — Belle@OohLook    Jul 17, 07:37 PM    #
    
    

14. Woah, looks AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! Great work! Love that photo of you sitting in front of the oven, lol.

    xox Sarah

    — Sarah    Jul 17, 11:44 PM    #
    
    

15. i am drooling onto my keyboard! i want that pork crackling…nom nom.

    — panda    Jul 18, 10:57 AM    #
    
    

16. You’re so talented Suze. Picture perfect pork … delish ;)
    Hugs from “Sheree” (said hi at the Food Show ;)

    — Redness    Jul 19, 12:54 AM    #
    
    

17. Nice crackle! I’d it at b itself and leave the pork alone!

    — Howard    Jul 19, 06:23 PM    #
    
    

18. OOh Crackle TV! My fav! And that is definitely an awesome roast well donnnee mmmm (but u still owe me a piece of the crackling XP)

    — FFichiban    Jul 19, 06:42 PM    #
    
    

19. Wow, the crackling turned out perfectly! What a great first attempt.

    — Gab*    Jul 19, 10:19 PM    #
    
    

20. Great job! That roast was really such an awesome present :P

    — Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella    Jul 20, 12:43 AM    #
    
    

21. jen: heh uh 1? lol managed to eat most but i saved a teensy tiny bit for the parentals
    billy: haha thanks dude!
    trisha: aw shucks hehe thanks!
    lene: ooh really? i must give that a try!
    helen: heh cmon its the best kinda tv!
    steph: bwhahaa i did the crackling dance when i took him outta the oven and saw how golden the crackling was mmm
    goosmurf: LOL thanks dude! noods finds it hilarious
    shanks: haha oh me too definitely the eating over the watching!
    brenda: heh im a bit strange..
    ellie: LOL its not always clean haha but roasting things dont usually make a mess until after its outta the oven lol
    yas: haha do it! doooo it!
    ja: thanks dude! you should try it its heaps of fun!
    belle: heh but it smells soooo good! smell-a-vision!
    sarah: thanks dude! and lol it was like it was hypnotising me
    panda: heh make it! crackling goodness!
    redness/sheree: heh shucks =D
    howard: thanks dude! and yes so tempted to rip off the crackling first…
    ffichiban: haha thanks! crackle tv is awesome!
    gab: thanks dude! hopefully 2nd attempt will go well too!
    lorraine: thanks! hopefully we get more awesome presents hehe

    — chocolatesuze    Jul 20, 02:27 AM    #
    
    

22. AMAZING! I think you might have won the crackling challenge!

    — fooderati    Jul 20, 12:48 PM    #
    
    

23. Oh my i want to crawl right into these photographs and make myself at home with your pork roast! YUM

    — thecatskillkiwi    Jul 21, 10:49 AM    #
    
    

24. that skin looks awesome

    — justcooknyc    Jul 21, 02:39 PM    #
    
    

25. fooderati: hehe sweet! do i win another rack?
    thecatskillkiwi: haha imagine a bed of crackle oh yum yum yum
    justcooknyc: thanks dude it was super delish!

    — chocolatesuze    Jul 23, 07:19 PM    #
    
    

26. That pork looks so melt in the mouth. The veggies look golden and great too… yum!

    We eat out alot and can’t really cook, this is the sort of dish that makes me so envious, cause these types of home cooked meals you can’t get out!

    — Thang    May 23, 01:32 PM    #