Roasted Pork Shoulder

This slow roast pork shoulder recipe leaves the meat so flavorful and tender you can almost cut it with a fork. By leaving the skin on, then scoring the fat, the flavors of garlic, oregano, pepper and a coarse salt, penetrate deep into the meat as it marinates and then slow roasts to perfection.

Roasted Pork Shoulder

Serves 10-12

Recipe courtesy of Tyler Florence

Ingredients:

1 boneless pork shoulder (about 4 pounds), skin on

4 garlic cloves, smashed

1 handful fresh oregano

4 tablespoons Kosher salt (1 tablespoon for every pound of meat)

1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

2 tablespoons white wine vinegar

Directions:
Place the pork, fat-side up, in a roasting pan fitted with a rack insert, and using a sharp knife, score the surface of the meat with small slits.  Mash the garlic, oregano, salt and pepper into a paste on a cutting board with the flat side of the knife: place the garlic paste in a bowl and stir in the oil and vinegar.  Rub the paste all over the pork, being sure to get into the incisions so the salt can penetrate the meat and pull out the moisture-this will help form a crust on the outside when cooked.  Cover the pork with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours or up to overnight.

Allow the meat to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before cooking.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Roast the pork for 3 hours, uncovered, until the skin is crispy-brown.  Let the meat rest on a cutting board for 10 minutes before slicing.

Enjoy!