Slow-Roasted Pork

Name: Slow-Roasted Pork
Prep time: 5 h 30 min
Cook time: 5 h 30 min
Total time: 5 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons cayenne pepper; 907 grams cipollini onions, peeled; 3 garlic cloves, mashed to a paste; 4 kilograms fresh bone-in Boston butt or picnic ham, with skin, at room temperature; 59 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoon minced rosemary; 12 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper; 6 thyme sprigs

Slow-Roasted Pork is From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 5 hours and 30 minutes. Head to the store and pick up picnic ham, salt and pepper, garlic cloves, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the rosemary you could follow this main course with the Raspberry Brie Dessert Pizza with Rosemary and Candied Pecans as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 32

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Oven

In a small bowl, mash the garlic with the rosemary, cayenne, 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and 1 teaspoon each of salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Rosemary

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Garlic

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Bowl

Using a sharp paring knife, make 1-inch-deep slits all over the meat. Press as much of the spice paste into the slits as you can and spread the rest all over the skin. Set the pork in a large roasting pan and cover tightly with foil. Roast for 3 hours.

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Spice Paste

Spread

Meat

Pork

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Roasting Pan

Knife

Aluminum Foil

Remove the foil and roast for about 1 hour and 45 minutes longer, until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the meat registers 16

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Meat

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Kitchen Thermometer

Aluminum Foil

Meanwhile, in a medium baking dish, toss the onions with the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil and the thyme sprigs and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 1 hour and 15 minutes, until the onions are tender and browned in spots.

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Salt And Pepper

Fresh Thyme