Step 1

Preheat oven to 180°c (fan assisted)

Step 2

Place the belly pork slices onto a baking tray touching one another with sprigs of fresh thyme tucked underneath

Step 3

Pull apart the bulb of garlic. I use approx. ½ a whole bulb of garlic for this recipe, but you can use more of less to your liking. Keeping the garlic skins on, smash each clove with the flat of a knife so that they will release their flavour better, then place them between the slices of pork belly

Step 4

Drizzle or brush over the olive oil

Step 5

Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then place the tray in the oven to cook for approx. 40-45 minutes (turn the pork belly slices over halfway through cooking) or cook until the fat has rendered down and the top edges have made crackling

Step 6

Once cooked allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving. Garnish with some fresh thyme leaves, seasoning to taste and real gravy

Step 7

TIP! The roasted garlic cloves taste wonderful added into mash or gravy! Just squeeze the roasted garlic out of the skins into the gravy or mash and this will carry a lovely sweet roasted garlic flavour through the dish!