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Salt-Crust Leg of Pork with Honey Gremolata
A young pig's leg sealed in a crust of damp salt with potatoes, sweet potatoes and red onions, then roasted until remarkably juicy. Serve with a bright honey-and-herb gremolata.
- YieldServes 4
- Hands-on1 h 40 min
- Total3 h 37 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
Pork and vegetables
- 4.85 kgkosher salt, 10 3/4 lb, moistened to form the crust; discarded, not eaten
- 2.2 kgleg of young pig (fresh ham), about 5 lb, bone in
- 2½medium potatoes, scrubbed
- 2½sweet potatoes, scrubbed
- 2large red onions, whole
Honey gremolata
- ½ cupfresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped
- ¼ cupfresh oregano, coarsely chopped
- ½ tspgarlic, minced
- 0.38 tspgrated lemon zest
- 1½ tspfresh lemon juice
- 1½ tsphoney
- 110 mlextra virgin olive oil
- to tastecoarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
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