Porchetta | Basics with Babish

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For a different kind of holiday roast, you can make a wildly impressive porchetta. It's great with some potatoes and vegetables, but my favorite way to eat it is slicing it and serving as a sandwich.
Recipe: basicswithbabish.co/basicsepi...
Shopping List
+ Porchetta roast:
1 large piece of pork belly (1/2 pound per person)
Grated nutmeg
Orange zest
Sage, finely chopped
Rosemary, finely chopped
Fennel fronds (or fennel seeds)
Toasted pine nuts
Kosher salt
Fresh black pepper
Chili flakes
Crushed garlic cloves
+ Salsa Verde:
1 cup packed fresh parsley
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
2 Tbsp capers (drained of brine)
Splash of white wine vinegar
2 finely minced anchovies
2-3 cloves fresh garlic, roughly chopped
1/2 cup high quality EVOO
Chili flakes
Salt
Black pepper
+ Porchetta Sandwich:
Leftover porchetta
Focaccia or another robust bread
Salsa verde
Arugula
+ Special Equipment
Butcher's twine
Meat thermometer
Music by Chillhop: chillhop.com/listen
Blue Wednesday - Murmuration (feat. Shopan), "Even or Odd": / bluewednesday
Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/ChillhopSpotify

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I recognize that sandwich was, by sandwich standards...thicc. But whatever it was really good.

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Yes.

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Joshua Weissman has entered the chat

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Guy fieri: "that's a porchetta you could never forgetta"

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You like food?

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LMAO

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Who is this fool?

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That CRUNCH is so good.

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Guga Foods surprising my family this Christmas with your recipe!

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This video is now Guga approved..!

[@kenta469]

that crunch is approved by meat daddy himself

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That crispy skin crunching sound is now my message alert tone

[@thefirestorm3867]

When meat looks like wood, smells like heaven, sounds like a vegatable, and tastes just as good as this looks. That crunching sound is total foodp**n

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The Firestorm This means that you opened the gate to the possibility of a Foodnut “Man i foodnutted multiple time from this chicken guacamole sandwich

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this

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I love how confused and the excited his butchers were when he put the platter on the counter.

[@mattkennedy9308]

Would be cool because at least one of them would have to recognise him.

[@eduardoboquin4102]

@@mattkennedy9308 he did say that is where he gets his meats. He got the porchetta there. I'm sure they would recognize him.

[@mattkennedy9308]

@@eduardoboquin4102 I mean as Babish not Andrew the regular.

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@@violet_lilac ...don't you cook every day?

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That lady's smile at 7:17 made my day.

[@edomichetti9924]

As an Italian and above all a roman I have tears in my eyes for this beauty . At first I didn’t know that americans knew the porchetta but you prove me that I’m wrong. Continue with your perfect work.

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The rack appearing out of nowhere is an essential step, if it doesn’t appear from thin air, you did it wrong

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Thanks!

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Tysm this saved me a shit ton of time

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Should I use a traditional magical conjuration method, or invest in a high tech teleporter?

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@@Her_Imperious_Condescension Traditional magic would be ideal, if you used a high tech teleporter than it may break space time.

[@Heabetherify]

Oh your kidding me! I haven’t been doing that. No wonder it tasted weird.

[@timo_zz]

“Depending on the size of your belly” - Babish, 2019

[@tylerjaesmith]

I thought that was funny. My belly or the pigs belly!?

[@lt-yx1hx]

@@tylerjaesmith probably both

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@mustafa teran ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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bruh moment

[@Rift2123]

i aalmost cried when you cut into that roast what a sound

[@berendmuller1794]

i love how the guys at pino's immediately chucked a hunk of meat into some wrapping for Andrew to thank him for thanking them.

[@DoubleADwarf]

"I saw this on Matty Matheson's porchetta episode" [Gentle, distant, echoing *_"YAAAAAAHHHH!"_* ]

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👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@gilgameshmcballin]

Honestly wouldn't even have been surprised if Matty himself just jumped into the voiceover right there

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"YOOWW!!"

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I immediately read that in mattys voice

[@vladimirvaynkhadler8726]

he did it better

[@NekogamiKun127]

Babish: "[...] roasting slow and slow for anywhere between 3 and 8 hours, depending on the size of your belly." Me: *looks down* So like 12 hours then?

[@raynmanshorts9275]

For me, it'd be a full week.

[@somekindaokayguy]

dinners in a month

[@bigdingus9333]

Umm, would Christmas dinner do?

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Mines like Infinity

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5 minutes than?

[@Beeran1125]

“ A fervent festoonment of fresh fennel fronds.” Some people love the magnificent masterpiece meals that he makes, others appreciate the banter, but part of the reason why I love this channel so much is the witty alliteration that Babish uses.

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Agreed. The alliteration is alarmingly appealing in ways you just can’t adequately articulate

[@Donnerbalken28]

4:13 I con back every so often to just hear that beautiful, beautiful noise of carving that roast. It's such a satisfying sound.

[@mergat2970]

Thanks for the timestamp

[@TheBadash44]

That ending was so wholesome. I’d like to see more of that. They looked so happy you made them food

[@deanb9002]

The videos where he makes big meals he usually has a clip at the end of feeding a group of his friends and its always so sweet. Everyone's face just lights up & you can tell they all appreciate him so much lol

[@Cujucuyo]

He's just fattening them up for when a new Hannibal themed episode appears.

[@nativechatter999]

Babish: *exists* National Pork Board: *I'm about to fund this man's whole career*

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Guga foods has left the chat

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I must content myself with merely watching

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Bounty funds his whole career

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*PETA enters the chat*

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3:19 when you’re writing an essay and trying to hit that minimum word count

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Been a BAD year for my wife, son, and I but cooking makes me forget my troubles. Your channel and the way you present it makes me smile and gives me so much literal joy. I get so many ideas from watching you. I can't thank you enough. Merry Christmas and happy holidays.

[@aedoria]

hey man, I hope you and your family are doing better, and I hope that cooking still brings you joy.

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@Aedoria Wow, thank you! We are better, and things continue to improve. Your kind post made my day, scratch that, YEAR. I hope your life is going well also. Thank you for reaching out.

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Why I sub and support: He's just a genuinely good dude who happens to be badass in a kitchen.

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You should make Grandma Spankenheimer's famous, "Killer Fruitcake", from Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer movie for Christmas

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^ this needs to happen

[@neeneko]

huh. if not for the lack of time, another interesting option would be a traditional english christmas pudding. but he would have had to start that months ago. similar problem with fruitcake though, not enough time left to make one.

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If he doesn't do this I'm not watching anymore videos

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Babish: "Then we are preheating our oven to a very low temperature, about 250 degrees" Me, an Italian: *Heart Attack* Me, about two seconds later: OHHHHH! THEY USE FAHRENHEIT!

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Ciao!

[@CyColt]

... I thought the fact that Babish is American would have told you he was using Fahrenheit before your hearty attack.

[@Moon-Archive]

@@CyColt Eh, it's not exactly hard to forget that us Americans try to be SpEcIaL and so use weird measurements of things. An official news site used _washing machines_ to describe how big a pit hole was.

[@lisahenry20]

@@CyColt it's a habit. I do the same thing but with chips. I know that most people I talk to on KZbin will probably be American, and so if i see someone say chip, I can assume they mean crisp. Even so, it can take me a few seconds to register what they mean.

[@jagoldenpyrenees491]

I am beginning to feel like Fahrenheit being my default degree spares me so much anxiety...

[@secretforreddit]

I lived in Umbria, Italy, for 5 months last year, and porchetta sandwiches were my go-to lunch. They were much more heavy on rosemary, salt, and black pepper, lighter on the other stuff (maybe a smidge of dill here and there). The pepper was the predominant flavor alongside the pork. I'm salivating just thinking about it...

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PTSD from other yotubers huh?

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Consider it as.....aggressively supporting instead.

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it's like binge watching a tv show, nothing to worry about

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@@Jakioliberty so are you binging his show??

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@@scottwhite14 are you binging his babish??????

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@@meysirum 😂😭 its perfect

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“ baking allows to fat to render out” me: throws my self in the oven

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Now pull the crisp unclrminkey out the oven and begin to carve and salt

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Do you think that the foreskin is the roasted pig ear of the human body?

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Screw what

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“refrigerating overnight...in the fridge” 🧐

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Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.

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Every body of water in the world is a body of water.

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by god! this water is extremely wet! how peculiar!

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Who else gets flashbacks to the movie Us when they hear hams across America? Darn, that's a lotta likes. Thanks!

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Lol

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Every single time

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Oh, so I'm not the only one. Yeah... That's... that's a bit unfortunate now, isn't it?

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I honestly thought his tether was going to cook 🤣

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I was looking for this comment 😂😂

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He's basically a bald and bearded ryan reynolds that can cook

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Uh.... what...?

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He is food Michel

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owari except...he doesn’t swear like a sailor making him nothing like Ryan Reynolds

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Does that make him better than Ryan Reynolds?

[@jacksonritchie7672]

The cross section followed by the moment of silence and lo fi drop, “nice”, and subsequent cracking crust made this video probably my favorite. 4:13

[@DonTheDonVeto]

When babish cut into it the first time every ounce of my existence was like "oh yeah"

[@itsme_nathan6301]

"I'll see you guys next year" Don't you mean........ Next..... *D E C A D E*

[@parsa1372]

Dad?

[@babalada1]

the decade is not over till 2021 you brainlet

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@@babalada1 2019 is the last year of the 2010's, and 2020 is the first year of the 2020's

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kooeell yes.... just like everyone celebrated extra hard for the new millenium in 2001.........

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@@babalada1 what on earth are you talking about?

[@JockMcBile]

4:16 When I heard the noise of all the crispiness. I started to giggle. BEAUTIFUL.

[@cultofmalgus1310]

So many fond memories of my Grandfather and Dad making this dish. They would always serve it with freshly baked bread in sandwich form. As a second generation Italian American I can say so many in our nation don't know the joy of this dish.

[@bhuncho]

So we not gonna talk about how that background music was slapping

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Ben Martinez Murmuration by Blue Wednesday if anyone else is looking for it. 👍

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It’s the second time he’s used it and I still can’t get enough

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@@AmirSherhan God bless you!

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@@AmirSherhan Thank you, captain! I love it so much! ❤️❤️❤️

[@davidmagee8062]

Every time he said Hams across America I thought of “Us”

[@KarenLucinda]

Same

[@mmyr8ado.360]

I misheard pork org as pork y' know...

[@tdl487]

Showed this to my husband this morning and now we have it prepped drying in the fridge to cook for our New Year's Eve dinner! Love this channel!

[@richdizzy]

I loved seeing the look on the people's faces at Pino's. Nothing puts a smile on people's face like sharing good food. Seeing them smile made me smile. Awesome!

[@a.bishop4251]

I know I might never cook this, but it’s nice to learn it

[@SadLittleClownGore]

Mr. Demon omg same

[@eddiekirk7092]

DO IT! It's easy! 😃

[@Gogeta0110]

It put a smile on my face when I saw the deli/butchers reaction to your "passing it forward", great episode and as an avid lover of pork belly I salute you. Have a good Christmas and new year big guy

[@jocaingles8464]

Paying it forward, as opposed to paying it back

[@etwrecipe]

👍👍👍👍

[@nocsha4119]

@@jocaingles8464 Why not both

[@recoil53]

I can't lie, I'd have a hard time giving up all that pork belly.

[@Drakzeel]

I feel like good butchers should be treated to their fruits of their labors -w-

[@SleepyKerboro]

Never fail to make me smile with the generosity you seem to bring with a lot of your videos. A kind soul we could all aspire to be

[@squirreljester2]

I love videos that show people paying it forward like this. You do so much cooking, you should do this more often.

[@harshachoudhary7847]

When you're so early that the pork is still in the oven

[@JeroenK94]

Harsha Choudhary warm eggsack

[@Rqket]

Lol

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@@namikazevindu6440 Gordon Ramsay is that u?

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JeroenK94 shiiit,that’s kinda intense

[@JamesLCrockett]

Chef John: "Knife don't lie."

[@ThespnKris]

My husband and I made this last week. It was awesome. Thanks so much, Babish! We love everything you do 👍

[@prestonbrookfield3283]

You’re such a good person. I love your channel. Thanks for all you do for the online and neighboring communities.

[@thirstfast1025]

I saw Guga's yesterday, you got some competition today....

[@crashicle]

Guga is like the god of meat meanwhile Babish is a well rounded homecook all around Sry if I misused the word 'chef'

[@aerilous9348]

Guga isthe meat master

[@lordbeerus7361]

Don't worry Guga's arteries will clog soon...all jokes aside Guga is the king of meat

[@boneless9311]

@@crashicle babish isn't a chef

[@yes5623]

Can you imagine Babish and Guga knocking at your door with their Porchettas 🤤🤤

[@RowlandMax]

“See you guys next year” Dude, step up your game - see you next decade! 😂😂

[@jarodmorris611]

Doesn't the new decade start in 2021?

[@umphreak9999]

@@jarodmorris611 only to pedantic literalists

[@Nj1498]

@@jarodmorris611 No, you complete the year 2020 at the end of this year. From 2010 to end of 2019 would be a decade. We are currently in the 2020th year and the next year is going to be the 2021st year of the common era.

[@michaelbrowning3010]

And besides the miyans thought we'd die in 2012. So to live almost 8 years longer is just amazing by my calculations. Lol

[@rexevans100]

I love pork, the porkboard, and Babish. Thanks for the future holiday recipes dude

[@hridaya387]

i love how in new york you can just see a guy walking around with a gaint ass sandwich and wearing an apron and not look twice

[@ericromano8078]

No this was made out of pig meat.

[@sigmascrub]

@@ericromano8078 that actually took me a second 😂

[@JuliannaRae8]

Me seeing porchetta done differently than Nonna’s:

[@10RexTheWolf01]

That crunch from you cutting made my ears twitch like Remy did when Colette squeezed that bread in Ratatouille.

[@thena2313]

Hi Babish, my Dad and I your recipe and the porchetta turned out heavenly! My family loved it so I would like to thank you for making our Christmas Eve dinner special! :)

[@Sebiu]

that’s one big sushi

[@luigip.1892]

This is literally an insult for me

[@jaskknd]

Chillhop Essentials - Spring 2019・chill hiphop & beats to relax been on this playlist for awhile, can't help but to instantly recognize the song when the pork came in....

[@NekoYami13]

I knew I recognized it. Murmurations.

[@erickpliego3972]

It’s literally my intro song on my gaming channel and thought I was tripping when I heard it 😂

[@aleks.t2245]

"... and i will see you guys nex year" HOLD ON, wait, what, noooooo

[@njso18]

I love that you brought the sandwiches to the butcher. Food is always best when you can share it with others.

[@gaiasgift]

If I could love this I would, from the delicious porchetta aspect to the "pay it forward" Christmas spirit. Well done and thanks so much. This is what it's all about!

[@feistyfluxy]

Love porchetta! Have a wonderful holiday and I look forward to your shenanigans next year!

[@KJ-mu7fy]

Hearing Babish say “penetrate” is something I never knew I wanted until now

[@erichagen7627]

Merry Christmas and happy New Year Babby!!!! Thank you for all you do.

[@SodaCityWerx]

Babish you are truly an inspiration. Seeing the joy you have in cooking makes me wanna do more myself!

[@francis882]

as an italian, im literally crying this is beautiful.

[@shezzysadventures3081]

That is what I called a roast! So delicious and the skin so crunchy. Perfect for a mouth watering sandwich

[@Hiyama420]

I love how surprised and genuine that one dude's smile is in the butcher shop. Props to you, Babish.

[@ricorivera70]

Happy holidays, Andy! Here's to another year of the Babish.

[@georgesalisbury5996]

4:13 Literally what heaven sounds like.

[@theartsy_gamer6729]

Pros and Cons of making food. Pros: Food Cons: Making

[@joaquinb6716]

The Artsy_Gamer the “making” is the best part my friend =D

[@squishykotetsu]

Hey Andy, we made this roast for our flat's christmas dinner and it was absolutely stunning! Thanks for the inspiration - I'm thrilled to see how the leftover-sandwiches will turn out tomorrow!

[@popalishis99]

I love love love your kind heart. And your desire to share these amazing recipes.

[@benselectionforcasting4172]

A charity giving away ham? Sounds like a *Pork Project*?

[@Broccolli1500]

When sandwich making starts: "Andrew, you paradigm of porcine production. What an absolute UNIT!" :D

[@kaoko111]

I did follow the advice for the crispy skin some months ago for christmas dinner and (although we didn't reunite) my family LOVED it. Thanks for making me the best son in law, man.

[@anjareiner9565]

Second Christmas we made this - absolutely loving it! Thanks for providing this recipe!

[@RevengerReloaded]

"And now it's time to roll up..." yes Babish, roll up indeed..😎😉

[@elliewarren8686]

He does talk about his usage with... Ahem... "Jazz cigarettes"

[@lucaserojas]

Dude weed lmao

[@atomik7066]

Duuude weeeeed

[@thena2313]

My dad and I are making this for Christmas Eve! I managed to convince my parents to make a homemade porchetta instead of buying something similar. We're going to be following this recipe and instructions so good luck to me! :)

[@oblivionwyvern3933]

Well how did it do

[@secretserenity44127]

*delicious skin crunch* I could listen to that all day. *proceeds to replay that sound about 16 times*

[@gilmoresgloriouswood5255]

It doesn't matter how much you say "hams across America," it still gets a chuckle out of me every single time. Looks good Andy, we like to parboil the skin in advance and give it a spoonful of oil to really crisp her up.

[@bokunofish6932]

Ohhhh it’s been a while since I’ve been this early, that CRUNCH tho, gotta love a good crispy pork belly 👀👀

[@lovetolaugh1997]

"Paying it forward with pork" is not a sentence I ever thought I would hear lol

[@CrystalElise917]

I love that you are always doing nice things for people.

[@profilepicture1847]

I loved how you made the woman smile when you entered the Deli, love it! ♥️♥️♥️

[@Jo-ew7lw]

this looks like the biggest sushi roll ever

[@martro_]

I was waiting for the “So les dew it”

[@ploppyjr2373]

One of my favourite episodes. Have watched it too much. It just looks so good.

[@jahjah74]

Seeing their reaction from getting that sandwich was the most wholesome thing ever

[@arrow3000]

Okay but here's the question. Did it join the clean plate club???

[@Ram_Minus]

Hmm...

[@nobudgetcomments2742]

What goes on between a man and his pork is nobody's business but theirs.

[@mahbuddykeith1124]

Congrats! Your video is officially being used by my culinary school as reference material. Looking forward to cooking it today.

[@confusedtuba4443]

Followed your recipe, and it was one of the greatest things I've ever eaten. Thank you!

[@TieflingKumasi]

I can’t remember the last time I’ve ever heard such a satisfying crunch

[@ChrisEliteGamingHD]

“At long last, it’s time to roll up” ~Stoner Babish

[@Dabajaws]

blazing with babish

[@durpyislost6212]

@@Dabajaws yes

[@nikolail3099]

“Fervent festoon mint of fresh fennel fronds” nice alliteration👍🏼

[@evasionefiscalegang]

I am italian, and i gotta say that your porchetta looks very good. Good job, Babish.

[@brandonklatt4178]

Thanks for supporting farmers

[@TheRuneTail]

I’ll bet you really made their day with those sandwiches.

[@UIAL570]

Just want to say beyond glad you pronounced porchetta right!!

[@gunner4lyfe723]

Man that crunch sounds so good its criminal.

[@AlienToppedPancakes]

OMG that crispy sound when cut in two MMMMH mouthwatering!