Name: Slow-roasted pork with fennel & black pepper
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 6 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2kg rolled, boned pork shoulder joint; 3 garlic cloves finely chopped; 1 tbsp fennel seed crushed; 1 tbsp black peppercorn crushed; 1 tbsp chopped rosemary; 2 bay leaves finely chopped; 300ml dry white wine

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Slow-roasted pork with fennel & black pepper

Slow-roasted pork with fennel & black pepper

Mary Cadogan

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Serves 8

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Prep: 25 mins

Cook: 2 hrs

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Succulent, slow-cooked pork served with braised beans and salad makes a treat of a Sunday lunch

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Ingredients

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2kg rolled, boned pork

shoulder joint
3 garlic cloves

finely chopped
1 tbsp fennel seed

crushed
1 tbsp black peppercorn

crushed
1 tbsp chopped rosemary
2 bay leaves

finely chopped
300ml dry white wine

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal436
fat26g
saturates10g
carbs3g
sugars2g
fibre0g
protein44g
salt0.94g

low

Method

step 1

Cut the string from the joint and unroll it. Flatten out as much as possible, cutting through any thick pieces if necessary to give you an even thickness of meat. Mix the garlic, fennel, pepper, rosemary, bay and 1 tsp salt. Sprinkle evenly over all sides of the pork and massage it in. Place on a platter, cover loosely with foil and chill for at least 4 hrs or up to 24 hrs.
step 2

Re-roll the joint and tie at intervals along its length with string. Bring to room temp an hr before roasting and heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Roast the pork in a roasting tin for 2 hrs, basting occasionally and adding the wine after 1 hr. Remove from the oven, transfer to a platter and pour over the pan juices. Cover tightly with foil and leave to rest for 15 mins. Serve with beans (see 'Goes well with') and salad (see below).

RECIPE TIPS

MAKING REALLY CRISPY CRACKLING

You should get decent crackling from this cut by cooking the pork the way I have described, but if you want to be totally sure of it I suggest you increase the oven temperature to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 for the final half hour of cooking. Check the wine has not started to evaporate, adding a little more if necessary. Or, if you prefer, you can remove the skin from the joint, rub it evenly with salt, then cook it on a baking sheet on the shelf above the pork.

WINTER GREEN SALAD

Mix together 1 small curly endive, torn into bite-sized pieces, 2 heads radicchio or chicory, shredded and 100g bag lamb's lettuce. Tip 2 tbsp Sherry vinegar, 1 tsp Dijon mustard, &frac;12 tsp sugar or honey and salt and pepper into a jar and shake well. Add 6 tbsp olive oil and shake to mix. Pour the dressing into the base of a large bowl and put leaves on top. When ready to serve, bring to table and toss the salad with the dressing to coat the leaves.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2009

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