PORK ROAST WITH CRISPY PORK CRACKLING
Recipe video above. This is how to make a pork roast with tender juicy flesh, with a crazy-crispy crackling! The crackle is bubbly and puffy from edge to edge as it should be, rather than an impenetratable rock hard flat sheet of skin or worse still, littered with rubbery patches.And the gravy is to die for, thanks to the flavour loaded roasting pan juices!KEY STEPS: Use pork shoulder, dry skin, no need to score (but if it's already scored, that's ok), salt the skin evenly, slow roast low uncovered, keep the skin surface level using foil balls, and blast it for crispy skin! Read the post for extra tips, step photos, and why this recipe works!
Provided by Nagi
Categories Mains
Time 3h35m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Dry skin: Pat the skin dry with paper towels. If time permits, leave in the fridge uncovered overnight (even 1 hr helps). If not, pat extra well.
- Preheat oven to 220°C/430°F (200°C fan).
- Season flesh: Sprinkle pork flesh with 1 1/2 tsp salt, all the pepper and all fennel seeds and 1 tbsp olive oil. Rub into flesh, right into all the crevices and cracks.
- Salt skin: Flip pork, drizzle skin with 1 tsp oil, then rub all over with fingers. Sprinkle all over with remaining 1 1/2 tsp salt, taking care to get even coverage. Un-salted patches will not become bubbly crackling, it will be a hard flat sheet.
- Garlic & onion bed: Place halved garlic bulbs and onion in roasting pan. Place pork skin side up on top of them.
- Wine: Carefully pour wine into the pan, being sure not to wet the skin. Transfer to oven.
- Lower oven: Immediately turn oven down to 160°C/320°F (140°C fan).
- Slow roast: Roast for 2 1/2 hours.
- Level at 1 1/2 hours: Check pork after 1 1/2 hours to see if the pork is warped and the skin's overall surface is significantly unlevelled. If so, adjust to make the skin surface as level as possible using balls of foil and moving large dislodged pork pieces to the side (key tip for crispy crackling, Note 3). Then return to oven for the remaining 1 hour.
- Check pan & salt on skin: If pan is drying out, add some water. If there are bald patches on the skin without salt (eg it fell off), spray lightly with oil spray (or brush lightly with oil) then sprinkle with salt. (Remember, salt = bubbly skin!)
- Increase heat: Turn oven up to 250°C/485°F (all oven types), or as high as it will go if your oven won't go this high.
- Make skin crisp: Return pork to oven for 30 minutes, rotating pan as needed, until skin is crisp and bubbly all over. If needed, use foil patches, secured with water soaked toothpicks, to cover parts that are done and keep crisping up remaining patches.
- Rest: Transfer pork to serving platter, tent loosely with foil (don't worry, crackling stays super-crisp) and rest for 20 minutes (stays warm up to 1 hour). Then slice using a serrated knife.
- Serve with gravy. Don't pour gravy over crackling - pour it off to the side! See note for reheating.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 344 g, Calories 746 kcal
CRISPY SKIN ROASTED PORK SHOULDER
Pork is just about my DH's favorite meat, so I am always on the lookout for new ways to prepare it. I found this in a Pork Recipe leaflet. Prep time included 4 hours chill time.
Provided by Jellyqueen
Categories Pork
Time 6h
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Using a sharp kinife make several shallow cuts about 1/2 inch deep in the pork.
- Spread the onion slices on the bottom of a glass roasting pan.
- Place the remaining ingredients in a food processor and process to make a paste.
- Rub pork should whth the mixture all over, making sure that it goes into the cuts.
- Place pork on top of the onion slices.
- Cover with plactic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, turn at least once when sitting.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Remove the plastic wrap and place in oven, fat side up.
- Cook for 30 minutes, then lower heat to 325 degrees F and roast for 2 more hours.
- Baste with it's own juices every 30 minutes.
- Cook until internal temperature reaches 150 degree F.
- Remove from oven and let rest for 15 minutes before cutting.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 574.4, Fat 42.7, SaturatedFat 14.4, Cholesterol 161, Sodium 731.1, Carbohydrate 5.7, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 2.4, Protein 39.7
REALLY SLOW ROAST PORK SHOULDER WITH CRISPY, CRISPY CRACKLING AND GARLIC ROAST POTATOES
Provided by Lorraine Pascale
Categories main-dish
Time 6h45m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- Grind the fennel seeds, peppercorns and salt in a spice grinder. Place the pork shoulder into a roasting pan and cut the rind into cross hatches. Rub the spice mixture into the meat and put it in the oven for 4 hours.
- Arrange the potatoes around and under the meat and put it back into the oven for 1 hour.
- Now add the garlic, shallots and carrots around the pork. If your roasting pan is not large enough to accommodate all the vegetables, place them in a separate roasting pan. Cook for 30 minutes, then add the pears. They don't need much cooking time and will disintegrate if cooked too long. Cook for another 30 minutes
- When the meat is tender and flakes with a fork, remove it and the vegetables and keep warm. This will give the pork time to rest and become more tender. If the pork rind is not crispy, put it under the broiler for a few minutes until it is really crunchy and crispy.
- To make the gravy, pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat from the roasting pan. Stir the flour into the roasting pan, add the wine, put the roasting pan onto a burner over medium-high heat and cook until the wine is reduced by half. If not using the wine, do this with the stock. Now add the stock and scrape off any bits of meat and vegetable on the bottom of the pan. Taste and add any seasoning if you think it needs it.
- If the gravy is too thin, make a paste in a bowl with 1 tablespoon and 1 tablespoon flour. Add some of the hot gravy to the small bowl and stir. Add this to the hot stock, stirring constantly and bring to a boil. The gravy will thicken slightly.
- If your gravy is too thick, just add a touch more stock. Serve the meat and vegetables with the gravy.
- This dish struggles to make it to the table as the family descends upon it while I am trying to finish the gravy! Use any leftovers for pork sandwiches with some crunchy pickle.
ULTRA-CRISPY SLOW-ROASTED PORK SHOULDER RECIPE
Steps:
- Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 250°F (121°C).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 720 kcal, Carbohydrate 0 g, Cholesterol 266 mg, Fiber 0 g, Protein 80 g, SaturatedFat 15 g, Sodium 277 mg, Sugar 0 g, Fat 42 g, ServingSize serves 8 to 12, UnsaturatedFat 0 g
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