🍽️ Crispy Roast Pork Leg

Name: Crispy Roast Pork Leg
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 kg pork leg, boneless (with fat layer and without rind); 10 cloves; salt; pepper (from the mill); 60 g breadcrumbs; 2 tbsp soft butter; 1 tsp freshly chopped rosemary; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 1 pinch cayenne pepper

485 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

1 kg pork leg, boneless (with fat layer and without rind)
10 cloves
salt
pepper (from the mill)
60 g breadcrumbs
2 tbsp soft butter
1 tsp freshly chopped rosemary
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 pinch cayenne pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Set the heating mode to top and bottom heat.
2. Rinse the meat briefly under running water. Then pat it completely dry with kitchen paper.
3. Cut a diamond pattern into the fat layer on the top side. Insert the cloves into the cuts.
4. Season the meat generously with salt and pepper all over.
5. Place the meat in a roasting pan with the fat side facing up. Pour a little water into the pan.
6. Place the meat in the preheated oven for about one and a half hours.
7. Remove the meat from the roasting pan and place it on an oven rack. Place a fat collection pan under the rack.
8. Remove the cloves from the crust.
9. Mix the breadcrumbs with the butter, rosemary, sugar, a little salt, and cayenne pepper.
10. Distribute the crumb mixture evenly over the fat layer of the meat.
11. Continue baking the meat for about one hour until the crust is golden brown.
12. Serve the leg warm or completely cooled down.
13. Serve fried potatoes as a side dish if desired.

Nutrition per serving

kcal: 485
Protein: 39 g · Fett/Fat: 34 g · Carbs: 5 g