Holiday Pork Roast

Name: Holiday Pork Roast
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, vegetable oil; 1 , onion, chopped fine; 10 , garlic cloves, minced; 8 ounces, ground pork; 1 cup, fresh bread crumbs (see note); 3 tablespoons, finely chopped fresh parsley; 1 teaspoon, fennel seeds; 1/2 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1 teaspoon, salt; 1 large, egg, lightly beaten; 2 tablespoons, brown sugar; 1 tablespoon, salt; 1 tablespoon, pepper; 1 (4- to 5-pound), boneless pork shoulder roast (see note)

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2009

Main Courses

Pork

Could we transform an inexpensive cut of meat usually destined for pulled pork into a roast worthy of the holiday table?

SERVES8

TIME3¼ hours, plus 20 minutes resting

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Taking a cue from a pork roast recipe from northern Minnesota called porketta—which calls for opening up a pork butt like a book, lavishing it with gutsy seasonings, and then rolling and roasting it—we decided to borrow the seasoning mix bu...

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