Garlic and Spice-Rubbed Pork Shoulder With Whipped Cauliflower
Garlic and Spice-Rubbed Pork Shoulder With Whipped Cauliflower is Head to the store and pick up pepper, butter, cauliflower, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the cream cheese you could follow this main course with the Cream Cheese Dessert Wedges as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours.
Instructions
Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat oven to 275°F.
Place fennel, coriander seeds, rosemary, crushed red pepper, garlic and 1 teaspoon of salt in a mortar. Mash into a chunky paste using a pestle.
Add olive oil and mash until combined. Alternatively, combine fennel, coriander, rosemary, red pepper, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, and olive oil in the bowl of a food processor and process into a fine paste, scraping down sides as necessary. Liberally slather mixture on over pork shoulder and place meat in a roasting pan.
Transfer to oven and cook until a knife inserted into the meat shows little resistance, about seven hours, basting with pan juices every 30 minutes or so after the first hour.
While pork cooks, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
Add cauliflower and cook until very tender, about 8 minutes.
Drain and transfer to a blender.
Add butter, sour cream, and cream cheese. Purée until smooth and fluffy. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Remove pork from oven. Allow to rest for 15 minutes before carving or pulling from the bone in chunks.
Drizzle meat with pan juices and serve with whipped cauliflower.