Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder
Transform your ordinary Sunday roast into something extraordinary with this slow roasted pork shoulder with lemon, fennel and rosemary.
3 hrs 15 mins + overnight
Capable Cooks
6
What you’ll need
INGREDIENTS
2-4kg SunPork Shoulder
6 garlic cloves, minced
1 lemon, juiced
2 tsp. lemon zest
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. fennel seeds
1 Tbsp. fresh thyme, chopped
1 Tbsp. fresh rosemary, chopped
1 Tbsp. salt
2 tsp. cracked black pepper
1½ cups chicken stock
1 cup dry white wine
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
Seasonal vegetables, to serve
How to make it
In a large bowl, combine garlic, lemon juice, zest, oil, fennel seeds, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper, then rub all over the pork shoulder. Cover and marinate for 3 hrs, ideally overnight.
Pre-heat fan forced oven to 150ºC.
Place pork onto a roasting rack and into a roasting pan. Fill the bottom of the tray with ½ cup chicken stock. Cover with foil and roast for 2 hrs or until the internal temp. reaches 63ºC.
Remove foil and increase temp. to 230ºC, then roast for 20 mins or until browned on the outside.
Remove from the oven and rest.
Meanwhile, pour the roasting juices into a large fry-pan with remaining chicken stock. Bring to the boil and reduce by half. Add the white wine and reduce by half, then season to taste.
In a small bowl, combine cornstarch with 1 Tbsp. water and whisk into the gravy until smooth.
Serve on a large platter with forks to pull the roast apart. Add seasonal roasted vegetables of your choice, and a generaous drizzle of gravy.