Iron Range Porketta

Name: Iron Range Porketta
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons, fennel seeds, cracked; 1 tablespoon, salt; 1 teaspoon, pepper; 2 teaspoons granulated, garlic; 1 (5-pound), boneless pork butt roast, trimmed; 1 , fennel bulb, stalks discarded, bulb halved, cored, and chopped; 8 crusty sandwich, rolls

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2012

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These garlicky shredded pork sandwiches are everywhere in Minnesota’s Iron Range region but virtually unknown elsewhere. It's time to change that.

SERVES8

TIME3½ to 4½ hours, plus 6 hours marinating and 30 minutes resting

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Not to be confused with Italian porchetta, Iron Range porketta is a fennel-and-garlic-seasoned pulled pork hailing from Minnesota. Butterflying the pork butt sped up cooking, and cutting a crosshatch in the surface ensured that the seasonin...

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