Pork Shoulder Roast Recipe

Find out below our tasty pork shoulder roast recipe. This slow roast pork shoulder cooks for 2.5 hours, for juicy meat and a perfect meal for the entire family.

Ingredients

• 2.2kgs pork shoulder
• 450g yellow potatoes
• 1-2 capsicum (depending on size and preference)
• 1 yellow onion
• 1 garlic clove
• salt
• pepper

Method

1. Take pork shoulder out of the fridge about 1 hour before roasting and let rest on the kitchen counter.
2. Preheat oven to 220C.
3. Make little cuts into the pork's skin being careful not to cut the meat, only the skin, about 2.5 cm apart.
4. Generously salt and pepper the piece of meat using your fingers to rub salt into the cuts in pork skin.
5. Place pork with skin side up in a large roasting pan or a deep baking sheet.
6. Add cut-up vegetables and whole garlic cloves in their skin around the pork, salt and pepper vegetables and then pour a couple of spoons of vegetable oil over the vegetables and mix well.
7. Roast uncovered in a very hot oven for about 30 minutes.
8. Take out from oven to cover with aluminium foil making sure it holds tight to the borders of the roasting pan or baking sheet.
9. Reduce oven's temperature to 180 C and roast for 2 hours.
10. Take out of the oven and let rest for about 10-15 minutes before serving.

The majority of the ingredients for your lamb and rosemary pies are available in our store, please head in to see us and we would be glad to help you put this delicious meal together.