Skin-Off Pork Belly with Ginger & Lime Balsamic – A Restaurant Favourite Made Easy
At Pomodoras Restaurant, our skin-off pork belly was one of those dishes customers kept coming back for — rich, tender, melt-in-your-mouth meat, perfectly balanced with a sticky, zesty glaze.
Now you can bring that same restaurant-quality pork belly to your home kitchen using Pomodoras Ginger & Lime Balsamic Dressing, a secret weapon that adds depth and zing with zero fuss.
Whether you’re hosting Sunday lunch, planning a special dinner, or just want to impress someone (even yourself), this skin-off pork belly recipe delivers every time.
Why Cook Pork Belly Without the Skin?
Removing the skin simplifies the cooking process and allows more of the Ginger & Lime Balsamic glaze to penetrate the meat. The result? Unbelievably juicy, flavour-packed pork with a glossy, caramelised finish.
The Star Ingredient: Pomodoras Ginger & Lime Balsamic
This handcrafted dressing combines warm ginger spice with a bright citrus hit from fresh lime, balanced by the rich sweetness of aged balsamic vinegar. It’s made to complement pork — enhancing the richness without overpowering it.
Chef’s Tips for Tender, Flavourful Pork Belly
- Score the fat lightly to help render it down and soak up the balsamic glaze
- Marinate in Pomodoras Ginger & Lime Balsamic for at least an hour — or overnight for extra flavour
- Start hot, then slow roast – 160°C to start for 30 mins, then drop to 135°C
- Baste in the final 15 minutes for that signature sticky finish
Serving Suggestions
Serve your pork belly with:
- Roasted root vegetables (parsnips, beetroot, carrots)
- Creamy potato mash or cauliflower purée
- A fresh apple slaw with mint and lime
- Blanched Soba Noodles
- Drizzle extra Ginger & Lime Balsamic over the top just before serving
Thermomix Tips
Want to make this pork belly recipe even easier?
- Blend a marinade of Pomodoras Ginger & Lime Balsamic, garlic, herbs, and oil – speed 6, 10 seconds
- Use the Varoma tray to cook veggies or slaw while the pork is roasting
- Reduce pan juices in the Thermomix bowl on Varoma speed for a silky glaze
Real Food, Real Flavour
This is the kind of dish that turns a regular dinner into something a little bit special. It’s full of heart, just like the recipes we loved serving at Pomodoras Restaurant.
With just one bottle of Pomodoras Ginger & Lime Balsamic Dressing, you can transform skin-off pork belly into a dish your guests (and your tastebuds) will remember.
Pork Belly with Ginger & Lime Balsamic – The Secret’s in the Dressing
Course: MainCuisine: Gluten Free4
servings30
minutes3
hours15
minutesIngredients
1 kg Pork Belly – (skin off & boneless) diced 1 inch thick
1 litre Apple juice
2 spring of rosemary
4 cloves sliced garlic
30 ml sunflower oil
- To Serve
vegetables – snow peas, baby corn, broccoli, sliced capsicum
blanched soba noodles
Directions
- Cooking the Pork
- Pre heat oven to 160 degrees
- Heat half of the oil a sautéed pan on high heat
- Add half of the diced pork and lightly brown
- Then place in a casserole dish and repeat with the other half of pork
- add the garlic & rosemary to the dish and then pour in the apple juice *so the pork is completely submerged
- Place dish is the oven for 30 minutes
- After 30 minutes turn the oven down to 135 degrees and cook for a further 2.5 hrs
- let cool for about 1 hour
- once at room temperature, take the pork out of the stock
- discard the garlic & rosemary but place the stock in a container and put in the fridge
- when the stock is cold you can remove the fat from the top and then keep the stock to use for another batch of pork or add to make a chef’s creamy mustard sauce
- To Serve
- Heat the sautéed pan to a medium heat
- add about 50ml of Pomodoras Ginger & Lime Balsamic Dressing to the pan
- Add the pork and heat for about 1 minute until the balsamic reduces
- From here you can add your vegetables to the pan and the pre blanched noodles
- Sautéed until hot and then divide into bowls and then drizzle a little more Ginger and Lime Balsamic Dressing over the dish