Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder With Cherry Sauce Recipes

ROAST PORK WITH CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Combine salt, pepper, and garlic powder in a small bowl and mix well.
• Rub on the pork roast.
• Place in an 11 x 7 baking dish, fat side up.
• Bake, uncovered for 1 1/2 - 2 hours, until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.
• Drain cherries, reserving liquid. Add enough water to cherry liquid to measure 3/4 cup.
• Pour 1/2 cup into a medium saucepan and add sugar, vinegar, and cinnamon.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer uncovered, 10 minutes.
• Combine cornstarch with reserved 1/4 cup liquid and stir until cornstarch dissolves.
• Using a wisk, stir cornstarch mixture into hot cherry liquid.
• Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Stir in lemon juice, butter and cherries.
• Cook 1 minute longer.
• Place pork on cutting board and let stand for 15 minutes before slicing.
• Serve with cherry sauce.

SLOW-ROASTED PORK SHOULDER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.
• In a food processor, combine the peppercorns, garlic, and cloves and puree. While the motor is running, drizzle in the oil until a paste is formed. Using a rubber spatula, scrape the garlic paste into a small bowl.
• Place the pork butt on a work surface and season all over generously with salt. Rub all over with the garlic paste. Place in an oven-safe roasting bag and close with a twist tie. Place in a large roasting pan, and cook until tender, about 5 hours.
• Remove roast from the oven. Slip the oven-roasting bag off the meat and discard. Transfer the cooking liquid to a medium saucepan. Skim the fat from the cooking liquid with a ladle or de-greaser. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer to thicken the juices slightly.
• Raise the oven to 400 degrees F. Return the pork, in the roasting pan, to the oven. Continue roasting, basting frequently with the simmering cooking liquid, until well-browned, about 30 minutes. If there is any cooking liquid left, pour it over the pork.
• Remove pork from the oven and let it rest at room temperature for 10 minutes. With the pork drippings you may make a vinegar sauce using this formula: for every 1/2 cup of drippings, whisk with 3 tablespoons vinegar and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Either carve the pork into thin slices, or, using 2 forks, pull into small pieces. Serve with the vinegar sauce on the side.

CHERRY-GLAZED ROAST PORK

Steps:

• Place roast fat side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40 minutes. , In a small saucepan, combine the preserves, juice, corn syrup, spices and remaining salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer for 5 minutes. Pour 1/2 cup sauce over roast. Bake 20 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 145°. Let meat stand for 10 minutes before slicing., Scrape up browned bits and pan drippings; add to remaining sauce. Cook and stir until heated through. Serve with roast.

SLOW-ROASTED PORK SHOULDER WITH CHERRY SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. FOR THE ROAST: Using sharp knife, cut slits 1 inch apart in crosshatch pattern in fat cap of roast, being careful not to cut into meat. Combine salt and brown sugar in medium bowl. Rub salt mixture over entire pork shoulder and into slits. Wrap roast tightly in double layer of plastic wrap, place on rimmed baking sheet, and refrigerate at least 12 and up to 24 hours. 2. Adjust oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Unwrap roast and brush off any excess salt mixture from surface. Season roast with pepper. Transfer roast to V-rack coated with nonstick cooking spray set in large roasting pan and add 1 quart water to roasting pan. 3. Cook roast, basting twice during cooking, until meat is extremely tender and instant-read thermometer inserted into roast near but not touching bone registers 190 degrees, 5 to 6 hours. Transfer roast to carving board and let rest, loosely tented with foil, 1 hour. Transfer liquid in roasting pan to fat separator and let stand 5 minutes. Pour off ¼ cup jus; discard fat and reserve remaining jus for another use. 4. FOR THE SAUCE: Bring cherries, wine, granulated sugar, ¼ cup vinegar, ¼ cup defatted jus, and ruby port to simmer in small saucepan; cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 30 minutes. Stir in remaining tablespoon vinegar. Cover and keep warm. 5. Using sharp paring knife, cut around inverted T-shaped bone until it can be pulled free from roast (use clean kitchen towel to grasp bone). Using serrated knife, slice roast. Serve, passing sauce separately. Technique The Importance of Taking Things Slow For super-tender meat and a deeply browned crust, our roast pork shoulder takes time-about 24 hours total-but the results are worth the wait. OVERNIGHT SALTY-SWEET RUB We rub our roast with a mixture of salt and sugar and let it rest overnight. The salt enhances juiciness and seasons the meat throughout, while the sugar caramelizes to create a crackling-crisp, salty-sweet crust. LOW OVEN Just like in a pot roast, cooking the pork low and slow (325 degrees for 5 to 6 hours) pushes the meat well beyond its "done" mark into the 190-degree range, encouraging intramuscular fat to melt, collagen to break down and tenderize the meat, and the fat cap to render and crisp.