Slow-roast shoulder of pork

Winter roasts recipe for 10 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has pork shoulder, garlic clove, paprika, vegetable oil, lemon and potato.

Slow-roast shoulder of pork

Slow-roast shoulder of pork

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Winter roasts
Servings

10

servings
Prep time

10 mins

Ingredients

  • Vegetable Oil: 100ml vegetable oil
  • Garlic Clove: 12 garlic cloves
  • Lemon: juice 3 lemons
  • Paprika: 2 tbsp paprika
  • Potato: 4 large potatoes, halved
  • Pork Shoulder: 4kg/8lb 13oz boneless pork shoulder joint, rind on and scored

Directions

  1. The day before, pat dry the pork with kitchen paper. In a food processor, whizz together the garlic, paprika, oil and lemon juice with 1 tbsp salt. Rub pork with the marinade and refrigerate for 12-24 hrs.
  2. Heat oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2. Place potatoes in a large roasting tin and sit the pork on top (the potatoes act as a trivet). Pour over any marinade with 300ml water, cover with foil and cook for 5 hrs.
  3. Remove the foil and increase oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Cook for a further hr.
  4. Remove from the oven and leave to rest for 20-30 mins. To serve, lift off pieces of the crisp skin, then take 2 forks and slowly pull the meat apart. You can cut the pork into hunks if you want but I like it all in stringy bits, ready to go with whatever accompaniments you choose.