Porchetta

Name: Porchetta
Prep time: 4 h 10 min
Cook time: 4 h 10 min
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters brown sugar; 1 Tbsp dill seeds; 1 Tbsp fennel seeds; 8 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 zest of lemon; 59 milliliters olive oil; 1 Tbsp cracked black pepper; 1 pork belly with skin on, large enough to wrap around the shoulder, 12 inches across, 20-24 inches long and about 1 1/2 inches thick; 1 pork shoulder or butt, cut into the shape of a cylinder about 3 inches diameter and 12 inches long, about 2 pounds; 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes; 2 Tbsps rosemary, chopped; 2 Tbsps sage, chopped; 2 teaspoons salt

Need a gluten free and dairy free main course? Porchetta could be a spectacular recipe to try. One serving contains 791 calories, 29g of protein, and 71g of fat. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up lemon zest, pork belly, olive oil, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the brown sugar you could follow this main course with the Brown-sugar Pound Cupcakes With Brown-butter Glaze as a dessert.

Instructions

Marinate the pork shoulder in the olive oil, garlic, rosemary, sage. lemon, salt and pepper in a zip lock bag in the fridge over night.

Ingredients you will need

Salt And Pepper

Pork Shoulder

Olive Oil

Rosemary

Garlic

Lemon

Sage

Cut diagonal criss-crossing lines across the fat side of the pork belly.Cure the meat side of the pork belly in the brown sugar, fennel seeds, dill seeds, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper, wrap in plastic and let sit in the fridge overnight.Pull the pork shoulder and belly out of the fridge an hour before you intend to start roasting.Wrap the pork belly around the shoulder with the skin side out and tie everything up with butchers twine.Roast in a 400F preheated oven for 30 minutes then reduce the temperature to 250F and continue roasting until the pork reaches an internal temperature of 140F.

Ingredients you will need

Red Pepper Flakes