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Slow-roast Pork Shoulder
found in Mains - Meat Dishes

Serves:    6  

icon Nut Free

FIBRE
 
0g
0% RDA
CALORIES
 
732
37% RDA
CARBS.
 
1g
0% RDA
PROTEIN
 
77g
154% RDA
FAT
High
46g
66% RDA
SAT. FAT
High
16g
67% RDA
SALT
High
3.1g
78% RDA
SUGAR
Low
1g
1% RDA

Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 6 hours 30 minutes

Difficulty:     
Difficult

This smoky, melt-in-the-mouth main course is slow-cooked for several hours, making it ideal for a Bonfire Night feast after the fireworks.

Ingredients  scales
Directions

1
In a small bowl, mix the treacle, cider vinegar, paprika, cumin, mustard powder and chilli powder until smooth. Using a sharp knife, make deep slashes in the skin of the pork shoulder to cut through the skin and fat layer, but not the meat. Place the joint, skin-side down, in a large dish and rub the spice paste into the meat (not the fat). Turn skin-side, cover tightly with cling film and put in the fridge overnight, or for 24 hrs to give the pork maximum flavour.
2
Heat oven to 150°C / 130°C (fan oven) / 305°F / Gas Mark 2. Transfer the pork, skin-side up, to a deep roasting tin, rub 1 tbsp sea salt onto the skin and pour 500ml water into the bottom of the roasting tin. Cover tightly with foil and roast in the oven for 5 hrs.
3
Remove the foil, turn up the oven to 200°C / 180°C (fan oven) / 395°F / Gas Mark 6 and cook for a further 1 hr 30 mins or until the pork is very tender and the skin has turned to crispy crackling.
4
Once the pork is ready, take it out of the roasting tin, cover with foil and leave to rest. Pour the juices from the roasting tin into a jug and leave to separate. Pour off the fat layer and transfer the remaining juices to a large sauté pan. Simmer over a high heat, stirring, until reduced to a rich gravy.
5
Once rested, cut the pork into pieces – it should pull apart with very little effort – and break the crackling into shards. Serve the pork and crackling with the gravy poured over and mustard mash, honey-roasted carrots and quick pickled red cabbage on the side.



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