Best Porchetta Italian Roast Pork Recipes

PORCHETTA (ITALIAN ROAST PORK)

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A tasty recipe from central Italy. Serve on a toasted crusty roll or with potatoes and spinach on the side.

Provided by vanny420

Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian

Time 5h35m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

20 leaves chopped fresh sage
2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
3 sprigs chopped fresh thyme
3 sprigs chopped fresh rosemary
2 tablespoons fennel pollen
1 ½ teaspoons sea salt
1 ½ teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper
1 (3 1/2) pound skin-on pork shoulder roast
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
½ cup dry white wine

Steps:

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
Combine sage, garlic, thyme, rosemary, fennel pollen, salt, and black pepper in a small bowl.
Make ten 1/2-inch incisions all over the pork. Stuff the incisions with 1/3 of the sage mixture. Brush olive olive over the pork and rub on remaining 2/3 of the sage mixture. Transfer to a roasting pan.
Roast pork, skin-side up, in the preheated oven until golden, about 2 hours.
Pour wine into the roasting pan. Continue roasting pork, basting with wine at regular intervals, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), about 3 hours.
Let pork rest, covered in aluminum foil, for 10 minutes before slicing.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 312.3 calories, Carbohydrate 2.8 g, Cholesterol 78.2 mg, Fat 22.2 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 21.3 g, SaturatedFat 7.4 g, Sodium 390.5 mg, Sugar 0.2 g

PORCHETTA - ITALIAN MARKETPLACE SLOW ROAST PULLED PORK SANDWICH

Porchetta - Italian Marketplace Slow Roast Pulled Pork Sandwich image

This is JUST gorgeous! A domestic take on the classic Italian marketplace or street food, Porchetta, which is actually roast suckling pig. Porchetta is thickly sliced and served in ciabatta bread as a delectable hot sandwich throughout Italy. My recipe is a much-adapted recipe taken from one of Nigella Lawson's cookbooks, and it is SO easy to make at home. I cook mine in the crock-pot for meltingly soft and tender pulled pork - however, I have also given traditional roasting directions in this recipe. Preparation time includes the 24 hour period required for the pork to marinade in its herbed and spiced rub.

Provided by French Tart

Categories One Dish Meal

Time P1DT6h

Yield 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

2 kg pork shoulder, boned, trimmed of fat and butterflied
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, peeled and finely diced
6 garlic cloves, peeled and finely minced
2 tablespoons fennel seeds
2 -3 tablespoons fresh rosemary leaves, finely chopped
4 fresh bay leaves, finely chopped
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
10 ciabatta rolls

Steps:

Lay the pork on a large chopping board and cover with cling film. With a rolling pin, mallet, or other suitable blunt object, pound the meat as close to an even 1" thickness that you can manage.
Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium high. Add all of the chopped onion, half the minced garlic, half the fennel seeds, all of the rosemary and bay, half of the ground cloves, salt and pepper, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until all the fragrance has been released from the herbs and spices. Transfer to a plate to cool.
Spread and rub this mixture over and into the pork, then roll the meat up as tightly and neatly as you can. Tie with kitchen string at intervals.
Mix the remaining ingredients (minced garlic, fennel seeds, ground cloves, olive oil) and rub it over the outside of the pork. Cover it with cling film and refrigerate 24 hours, or at least overnight.
Remove the meat 40 minutes before cooking to allow it to return to room temperature. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 150C/300F Take the cling film off the pork and place the pork joint in to a roasting tin.
Cook the pork for 4 hours to 5 hours, until it is falling apart when you test it with a knife or fork. If the spices on the surface start to char too badly (a little blackness is a good thing), tent foil loosely over the roast. (I find I need to cover it for the last hour of cooking.).
CROCK POT - at this stage, cook the pork in a crock pot for 4 to 5 hours on high, or on automatic for up to 8 hours.
Remove from the oven and leave to rest at least 30 minutes to one hour. Slice, pull or shred the meat and serve in warmed ciabatta rolls.

AUTHENTIC ITALIAN (PORCHETTA) ROAST PORK

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Another of my recipes collected from the Italian elders of the community. Porchetta (Porketta) is a common street food in northern and central Italy, usually served on a hard roll. For a main course, serve as you would a pork roast. The aroma of a porchetta roasting cannot be beat. Porchetta can be a little spicy, so it is normally served in our area with mashed potatoes, which seems to cool it down a bit. Adjust the seasonings to your preference. A true porchetta would also include a small amount of red pepper flake, replacing some of the black pepper.

Provided by Family Favorites @Quinnn

Categories Other Main Dishes

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

4 pound(s) boneless pork butt roast
1 teaspoon(s) onion salt
1 teaspoon(s) garlic salt
2 teaspoon(s) ground black pepper, can use a small amount of red pepper for part of this (should be spicy, but not overpowering.)
2 teaspoon(s) basil
2 teaspoon(s) rosemary
2 teaspoon(s) oregano
3 teaspoon(s) dried parsley
2 teaspoon(s) thyme
2 teaspoon(s) fennel seeds
2 teaspoon(s) garlic powder

Steps:

Lay the pork roast in front of you horizontally. Cut the roast horizontally, starting on a long side, stopping 3/4" from the other side. Don't cut all of the way through. Lay meat open on your cutting board.
Mix herbs and spices together in a small bowl. Generously coat inside of roast with half of the spice rub. Return meat to its original shape and rub outside of roast with second half of seasoning blend. Using kitchen string, tie roast back together securely every inch or so.
Place in a medium-sized roasting pan. Add 1/2 cup of water, cover and bake for 40 minutes per pound at 325 degrees covered. I like to uncover during the last 10-15 minutes to brown a bit. Remove from oven, cover loosely with foil and let rest 10-15 minutes. Slice as you would a pork roast.
****There is quite a competition as to whose porchetta is the best and whose is the most "authentic". Some like it very peppery. (Think hot Italian sausage.) Some like it a little more mild. Feel free to adjust the seasonings to your personal taste. The spice blend varies from region to region, but this is the most commonly used one here.