{"id":129019,"date":"2016-07-26T13:16:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T11:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/129019\/tuesday-life-hack-how-to-make-the-perfect-crackling\/"},"modified":"2016-07-26T13:16:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T11:16:45","slug":"tuesday-life-hack-how-to-make-the-perfect-crackling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/07\/26\/tuesday-life-hack-how-to-make-the-perfect-crackling\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday life hack: How to make the perfect crackling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The secret to crispy crackling<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/How-to-roast-pork-step-3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115273\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/How-to-roast-pork-step-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"How-to-roast-pork-step-3 (1)\" width=\"614\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The secret of crispy cr<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">ackling is to have the skin dry before cooking, so don\u2019t oil it or baste it during cooking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Use a sharp knife to cut all the way through the pork skin to make parallel lines, cutting some additional lines to those made by the butcher.<\/li>\n<li>Rub salt into the skin. Leave the pork out for about an hour, or leave it in the fridge overnight, uncovered, for the skin to dry out.<\/li>\n<li>Set the oven to its highest setting.<\/li>\n<li>Roast it in the centre of the oven for about 30 mins, until the skin starts to crisp up, then reduce the oven temperature to 180\u00b0C and cook for a further two hours. If the skin hasn\u2019t formed crackling, turn the oven temperature up until it\u2019s crisped. Do not cook it for too long at the higher temperature or the meat may dry out. Remove the meat from the oven.<\/li>\n<li>Allow the pork to rest for about 10-15 mins before carving.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Watch top chef Curtis Stone make crackling<\/h3>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/l5shKutvcOY' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='864b8e08dc4985c257897d1e95552333'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are step-by-step instructions for making roast pork with crackling that crackles when you eat it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7782,"featured_media":129020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[11829,11830,11831],"class_list":["post-129019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-how-to-make-roast-pork-with-crackling","tag-the-perfect-crackling","tag-the-secret-to-perfect-crackling"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["how to make roast pork with crackling","the perfect crackling","the secret to perfect crackling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}