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Slow-Roasted Pork Shoulder Recipe

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Ingredients:

Serving

1 bone-in, skin-on fresh pork picnic shoulder (6 to 7 lb.)
1 head garlic (2 1/2 oz.)
1 tbsp coarse salt
1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp fresh-ground pepper
1 onion (10 oz.), peeled and sliced
1 carrot (4 oz.), rinsed and sliced
1/2 cup oloroso or cream sherry
4 cups fat-skimmed chicken broth
1/4 tsp dried hot chile flakes
1 1/2 tsp sherry vinegar

Directions:

Rinse pork and pat dry. Score skin in a crisscross diamond pattern, making 1/8-inch-deep cuts about 1 inch apart. Separate and peel garlic cloves. In a mortar and pestle, crush garlic, salt, oregano, thyme, and pepper into a coarse paste (or mince garlic, then mix with salt, herbs, and pepper). Rub garlic paste all over roast. Set roast, skin side up, on a rack in an oiled 9- by 13-inch roasting pan.
Roast in a 450° oven (see notes) until deep golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes.
Remove pan from oven and scatter onion and carrot slices around pork. Pour 1/4 cup sherry and 2 cups broth into pan. Add chile flakes. Baste pork with some of the pan juices. Reduce oven temperature to 225° and bake until a thermometer inserted through the center of thickest part at bone reads 170° to 175°, 8 to 9 hours (do not insert thermometer before the last hour of roasting). If pork is done before you're ready to serve, reduce oven temperature to 160° and hold in oven up to 4 hours.
About 30 minutes before serving, transfer pork to a carving board. (For extra-crisp pork skin cracklings, see notes.) Cover pork loosely and set in a warm place. Pour the remaining 1/4 cup sherry and 2 cups broth into the roasting pan (drippings will be dark) and set on a burner over high heat. Bring to a boil, scraping up browned bits from bottom of pan. Boil, stirring occasionally, until liquid is reduced by about half, 7 to 10 minutes. Pour through a wire strainer set over a bowl, pressing on vegetables (discard vegetables); you should have 1 to 1 1/3 cups drippings. Skim off and discard fat. Stir in vinegar.
Lift skin off pork and cut it into bite-size chunks or strips; pile on a platter. Slice meat across the grain and arrange on platter. Drizzle about a fourth of the pan juices over meat; serve remaining to add to taste.
NOTES: You may need to order the pork from your meat market in advance. Monitor oven temperature with a thermometer before starting, and adjust temperature as needed. If you hold the roast in the oven after it is done, check to see if oven is still on after 12 hours of continuous use; some ovens turn off automatically. A convection oven is not recommended. For extra-crisp cracklings, pull skin off cooked pork, separate into bite-size pieces, and place in a shallow pan. Bake in a 400° oven until crisp and puffy, about 10 minutes.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	4085.22 Kcal (17104 kJ)
Calories from fat	1150.78 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	127.86g	197%
Cholesterol	1968.19mg	656%
Sodium	9936.46mg	414%
Potassium	14663.48mg	312%
Total Carbs	62.79g	21%
Sugars	17.89g	72%
Dietary Fiber	11.85g	47%
Protein	643.48g	1287%
Vitamin C	49.2mg	82%
Vitamin A	1.1mg	38%
Iron	35.1mg	195%
Calcium	632.5mg	63%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	111.27 Kcal (466 kJ)
Calories from fat	31.34 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	3.48g	197%
Cholesterol	53.61mg	656%
Sodium	270.64mg	414%
Potassium	399.39mg	312%
Total Carbs	1.71g	21%
Sugars	0.49g	72%
Dietary Fiber	0.32g	47%
Protein	17.53g	1287%
Vitamin C	1.3mg	82%
Iron	1mg	195%
Calcium	17.2mg	63%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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