Raggmunk with Oven-Crisp Pork Belly and Brown Butter

Method

1. Mix the lingonberries (still frozen is fine) with the sugar in a bowl and set aside, stirring every few minutes while you cook, until the sugar dissolves and the berries are glossy and juicy. This is Swedish rårörda lingon: fresher and tarter than jam.

   Add in this stepLingonberries (frozen is fine, or cranberries) 80 gSugar (for the lingonberries) 20 g

2. Whisk the flour with a third of the milk until smooth, then whisk in the remaining milk, the eggs, salt and nutmeg. Rest the batter for 15 min.

   Add in this stepPlain flour 60 gWhole milk 200 mlEggs 1Salt (for the batter) ½ tspNutmeg 1 pinch

3. Heat the oven to 200 °C. Pat the pork slices dry, season with the salt and pepper and lay them on a wire rack set over a lined tray. Roast for 25 min, turning halfway, until deep golden, crackling-crisp and cooked through. The rack lets the fat drip away so both sides crisp.

   Add in this stepPork belly, cut into 1 cm slices 240 gCoarse sea salt ¾ tspBlack pepper to taste

   oven

4. Peel and coarsely grate the potatoes, then squeeze them firmly in a clean tea towel over a bowl to remove about half the liquid. Stir them into the batter. Less water means crisper, more golden pancakes.

   Add in this stepFloury potatoes 500 g

5. Heat a little clarified butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Add about 3 tablespoons of batter per pancake, spread thin to 10 cm and fry for 3 min per side, until lacy and deep golden. Fry in 3 batches, adding clarified butter each time; unlike ordinary butter, it takes the heat without burning.

   Add in this stepClarified butter (or ghee) 25 g

   medium heat

6. Melt the butter in a small pan over medium heat and cook for 2 min, swirling, until it foams, turns hazelnut brown and smells nutty. Pour it into a cold bowl straight away so it doesn't burn.

   Add in this stepButter (for brown butter) 25 g

   medium heat

7. Serve the pancakes with the pork, spoon over the brown butter, add the stirred lingonberries and finish with snipped chives.

   Add in this stepChives 5 g