Spiced Slow-Roast Pork

Name: Spiced Slow-Roast Pork
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 8 with leftovers
Cuisine: british
Ingredients: 5 thyme sprigs, leaves removed and chopped; 2 garlic cloves crushed; 2 tsp dried chilli flakes; 1 tsp smoked paprika; zest and juice 1/2 lemon; 1 tbsp olive oil; 4-4.5kg boned, scored and rolled pork shoulder

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⏱ 250 mins 🍽 Serves 8 with leftovers 🌶 british ✅ Easy 🏷 Main course

This recipe gives a classic British roast pork a contemporary twist with a zesty, spicy rub. Using an economical pork shoulder, the meat is slow-roasted for hours until it becomes incredibly tender while the skin transforms into crisp crackling. The process involves an initial high-temperature blast followed by a long, gentle cook. It's an impressive main course for a dinner gathering, designed to serve a crowd with plenty of leftovers.

Ingredients

5 thyme sprigs, leaves removed and chopped
2 garlic cloves crushed
2 tsp dried chilli flakes
1 tsp smoked paprika
zest and juice 1/2 lemon
1 tbsp olive oil
4-4.5kg boned, scored and rolled pork shoulder

Method

Set your oven to 230C/210C fan/gas 8. Combine every ingredient apart from the pork in a small bowl, then massage this paste thoroughly over the meat, ensuring it reaches into the scored skin.
Position the pork on a wire rack set inside a roasting tin. Cook in the oven for 30 mins. Lower the temperature to 150C/130C fan/gas 2 and continue roasting for 3 hrs. Should the crackling require extra crisping, increase the oven again to 230C/210C fan/gas 8 for roughly 30 mins more.
Take the roasting tin from the oven. Loosely cover the meat with a foil tent and allow it to rest for a minimum of 20 mins, or for as long as 40 mins, prior to carving.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories551 kcal

Fat41 g

Saturates13 g

Protein45 g

Sodium160 mg

Recipe details

Skill levelEasy

CategoryMain course

Cuisinebritish