Morrocan Slow Roasted Pork

 
Moroccan Slow Roasted Pork
Serves – 4 to 6 People
Preparation time – 15 mins
Cook – 3½ Hours

Ingredients
50g Pine Nuts, toasted
75g dried apricots, roughly chopped
2 x Preserved Lemons, roughly chopped – Remove and discard the flesh and roughly chop the peel.
1tbsp Harrissa Paste
1 large of flat leaf parsley, chopped.
2 tbsp olive oil
1x 1.5kg Pork Leg Joint
600ml Chicken Stock
1 red pepper, diced
400g can chick peas, drained and rinsed
200g Couscous

Instructions
1.Preheat the oven to 220°C, gas mark 7. Place the nuts, apricots, lemons, harissa, half the parsley and 1 tbsp oil in a food processor and blend to a coarse paste, then season.

2. Remove the stringing from the pork and reserve, then unroll the joint flat, skin side down. Make deep slits in the meat an spread the harissa mixture over and into the cuts. Reroll the joint and place a few strings round to hold the joint in place. Place in a small roasting tin and roast for 30 minutes.

3. Reduce the oven to 150°C, gas mark 3, pour in 300ml of stock and cook for 3 hours, covered loosely with foil.

4. Fifteen minutes before the end of the roasting time, heat the remain oil in a frying pan and fry the pepper and chick peas for 4-5 minutes until softened. Stir in the remaining parsley and season.

5. Place the couscous in a bowl and pour over the remaining boiling stock, cover with clingfilm and leave for 5 minutes. Fluff up with a fork and stir into the chick peas and pepper and serve with the pork. Drizzle over any remaining sauce for from the Pork.