New Years Eve calls for a special treat!! Slow Roasted Shoulder of Pork!!

I can't believe it's New Years Eve tomorrow, the end of a very exciting and nail biting year here on Partridge Farm!! So to celebrate we have filled our kitchen with delicious smells as we have a beautiful shoulder of pork slow cooking in the oven for tomorrows dinner. That's the beauty of our business, we get to eat the best meat!!!

Partridge Farm Slow roasted shoulder of Pork

1 whole shoulder of pork from Partridge Farm!!on the bone weighing around 5-8kg (we have done this with smaller cuts just reduce the cooking time slightly)

5 garlic cloves peeled & 5cm piece of fresh Ginger

2 tsp dried chilli flakes & 2 tsp ground ginger

1 tbsp brown sugar & ½ tbsp. flaky salt

1 tbsp sunflower/groundnut oil

5 spice mix – 2 star anise, 2 tsp fennel seeds, ½ cinnamon stick, 4 cloves & black peppercorns

1 tbsp soy sauce

Instructions

*Score rind of pork with a Stanley knife in parallel lines about 1cm apart, to a depth of ½ - 1 cm.  *Grate the garlic & fresh ginger in a small bowl and mix to a paste with chilli flakes, ground ginger, brown sugar, salt, oil & soy sauce. Pound the 5 spices in a pestle & mortar & mix 1 tbsp into the paste(we add a little more than this usually as we love the flavours).

*Place pork, skin side up in a roasting tin. Using your fingertips rub half the spice paste into the scored rind of pork & place in the centre of a very hot oven (230oc/gas mark 8) for 30 mins.

*Remove from oven & turn pork over, using a knife or spoon smear the rest of the paste onto the pork, turn oven down to (110oc/gas mark ¼) & replace meat, leave in the oven from 16-24 hours, turning it skin side up again and basting with fat & juices half way through.

* 45 mins before you want to eat it turn oven up to (230oc/gas mark 8) to crisp up the crackling. Keep an eye on it as it can burn!

*To serve the pork, simply take off crackling in one piece & break up, scoop the tender, melting meat onto a plate and serve with a simple green salad. Delicious mouth watering perfection!!!!