PEPPERCORN ROASTED PORK WITH VERMOUTH PAN SAUCE

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Peppercorn Roasted Pork with Vermouth Pan Sauce image

Provided by Andrea Albin

Categories     Garlic     Pork     Marinate     Roast     Father's Day     Dinner     Butter     Vermouth     Coffee Grinder     Gourmet     Sugar Conscious     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free

Yield Makes 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

6 tablespoons pink peppercorns divided
2 tablespoons black peppercorns
1 1/2 tablespoons fennel seeds
7 garlic cloves, minced
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 (5-pounds) boneless pork shoulder roast (butt end)
1/2 cup dry vermouth
2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
Equipment: an electric coffee/spice grinder

Steps:

  • Grind 1/4 cup pink peppercorns with black peppercorns and fennel seeds in grinder, then stir together with garlic, oil, and 1 tablespoon salt.
  • Pat pork dry and use a paring knife to make about 16 (1-inch-deep) slits all over roast. Stuff slits with all but 1 tablespoon garlic-peppercorn paste, then rub remaining tablespoon all over roast. Put in a small (13-by 9-inch) flameproof roasting pan and marinate, chilled, 8 to 24 hours.
  • Let pork stand at room temperature 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.
  • Roast pork, fat side up, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center of meat registers 150°F, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Transfer pork to a cutting board and let rest 30 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, pour off all but about 1 tablespoon fat from roasting pan. Add vermouth to pan and boil, scraping up brown bits, 2 minutes. Stir in broth, any meat juices from cutting board, and remaining 2 tablespoons pink peppercorns and boil until reduced to about 1 1/2 cups, about 5 minutes.
  • Knead together butter and flour, then whisk into sauce and boil, whisking constantly, until just slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.
  • Serve pork with sauce.

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