Name: Stuffed pork shoulder with onions
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 145 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 red onion, roughly chopped; 1 cup stale bread, torn; 2 rashers, roughly chopped rindless bacon; 20 gram butter; 2 tablespoon sage, finely sliced; 1.7 kilogram boneless pork shoulder, rind on; 2 tablespoon olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon extra; 2 each red and brown onions, halved, skin on; quince paste or cranberry jelly, to serve

Ingredients

1 red onion, roughly chopped

1 cup stale bread, torn

2 rashers, roughly chopped rindless bacon

20 gram butter

2 tablespoon sage, finely sliced

1.7 kilogram boneless pork shoulder, rind on

2 tablespoon olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon extra

2 each red and brown onions, halved, skin on

quince paste or cranberry jelly, to serve

Method

1.Preheat oven to hot, 220°C.

2.In a food processor, combine red onion, bread and bacon. Process until well chopped.

3.Melt butter in a large frying pan on medium. Add bacon mixture and sauté 6-8 minutes, until golden brown. Stir in sage and cook a further 1 minute. Season to taste and allow cool.

4.Open pork out flat and, using a sharp knife, score rind at 5mm intervals. Turn over and spread stuffing mix down centre. Roll up to enclose and tie with string at 2cm intervals to secure.

5.Place in a medium baking dish, seam side down (rind up). Rub rind all over with oil and salt. Arrange onions around pork and drizzle with extra oil. Season to taste.

6.Bake 30 minutes. Reduce oven to moderate, 180°C. Bake a further 1 hour 10 minutes, until cooked to taste.

7.Remove pork to a plate. Rest, covered loosely with foil, 15 minutes. Squeeze onions from skins. Serve pork sliced accompanied with onion and quince paste.

Shoulder is a cheaper but tasty alternative to loin or leg. For an extra side dish, sauté shredded red cabbage in butter until tender, than stir a little red wine vinegar and brown sugar through.
Note

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