Porchetta
- Ready In:
- 1hr 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 3 lbs boneless pork shoulder, trimmed
- kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1⁄2 cup fennel, fronds finely chopped (from 1 bulb fennel)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 tablespoon fennel seed, toasted in a dry skillet and ground
- 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
- 1 yellow onion, peeled and chopped
- 2 large carrots, peeled and chopped
- 2 ribs celery, chopped
- 2 cups chicken broth
directions
- Preheat oven to 300°F Butterfly pork shoulder to create a 2" thick rectangle of meat. Cover with a layer of plastic wrap (heavy duty is best) and pound with a mallet until it is about 1" thick. Remove plastic wrap.
- Season generously with salt and pepper. Combine fennel fronds, garlic, rosemary, ground fennel seeds and red pepper flakes in a small bowl. Remove and reserve 1/3 of this mixture; sprinkle the rest evenly over the surface of the meat.
- Roll pork tightly. Tie with butcher's twine every 2-3". Season the outside with salt, pepper, and the reserved spice mixture.
- Scatter onion, carrots and celery into a 9x13 baking pan. Place pork on top of vegetables in center of pan. Pour chicken broth around pork. Roast in preheated oven about 75 minutes, until thermometer inserted into center of meat registers 150°F Remove roast to a plate, tent with foil and let stand 10-15 minutes before removing twine and slicing. (Discard vegetables and broth.).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!