This may be the best smelling thing I have ever cooked!

judsoncarroll4

 I dig the pig! I just put in a porchetta style pork roast that I cut from the shoulder - basically the eye of the shoulder. I cured it for 24 hours with salt, pepper, crushed red pepper, oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary, sun dried tomatoes and garlic. It is now roasting on a bed of onions and celery, with red wine as a braising liquid. This may be the single best smelling thing i have ever cooked... now, time for some spinach and cannellini beans!

JodieDownUnder

@judsoncarroll4 you eat very well my friend, it sounds like a fantastic combination of flavours. Did you hunt the pig, homegrown or locally sourced?

judsoncarroll4

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/902545#Comment_902545

Nah, just bought from a local farmer. I deboned the shoulder and portioned the meat out into 2-3 lb packages so I can try a lot of sausage recipes. I was left with the bone and this nice little roast. The bone will go in with beans and onions. Maybe I'll have my own hogs soon....

judsoncarroll4

... and remarkably tasty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Linda Bittle

I love pig just about any way you cook it! When I lived near Seattle, one of the best meals I ever had was at this fancy restaurant - I was dining with out of town friends who were kind enough to treat me to something I wouldn't have been able to try on my own. I can't recall what the pork dish was. I remember my friends had duck, which is not on this menu. I do remember that the place smelled divine! And I love the big ole hog on the sign.

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judsoncarroll4

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/902554#Comment_902554

I checked out the menu... if the portions were decently large that looks like a good restaurant. I hate small portions, I really do.

water2world

@ judsoncarroll4 You have got my mouth watering!!!

Sound devine and I think I can also smell it!!

monica197

My mouth is watering just reading about it @judsoncarroll4

Another wish for smell-o-vision!

vickeym

Oh my! Not sure what a porchetta style pork roast is. But will look it up. The seasonings sound wonderful. We do have a couple of hogs and they will be getting butchered sometime in the fall. My mouth waters just thinking of all the fresh pork. Now I want to try some with your seasoning blend.

judsoncarroll4

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/902721#Comment_902721

Porchetta, as I understand it, is usually just unsmoked, rolled and salt cured pork belly. I think what I made should have been called Porketta... not sure of spelling, but with a hard k sound. That is usually the belly with the herbs like I used, rolled up and roasted. The same herbs work great on most any cut though. It turned out to be the best pork roast I have ever made!