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Pat the leg of pork dry with kitchen paper. Rub the flesh with a little sea salt and the lemon juice. Preheat the oven to 220ºc, gas mark 7.

Pork leg recipes a large and fairly lean cut that is often made into hams, used as a roasting joint, or cut into leg steaks.

Lower the oven temperature to 180°c. How to make roast leg of pork with crackling. Score the skin heavily then turn it over.

If you have a special ingredient that you like, by all means use it.

2kg (4lb) potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks Unroll the pork and lay it skin side up. Preheat the oven to 430 degrees f (220 degrees c).

Cut through the skin and outside fat layer on top with a very sharp knife.

Combine olive oil, sage, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt in a small. Roast the leg at 500 degrees for 20 minutes, starting the pork roast at 500 degrees for the first 20 minutes will char the roast if glazed before hand, so roast unglazed for the first 20 minutes. The glaze is fairly basic.

Preheat the oven to 180ºc.

Place the onions in a roasting dish and sit the pork leg on top. Rub with salt, pepper and olive oil. Sprinkle with the salt and rub it into the skin.