Ingredients
- Pork shoulder, around 1 – 1.2 kg
- 50/50 apple juice and water as directed
- ¼ Cup apple cider vinegar
- 2Tbsp pomegranate molasses
- ¼ Cup brown sugar
- 2 large onions, roughly sliced
- a head of garlic, cut in half
- 2-3 quince, cut into rough wedges
- 1Tbsp each of smoked paprika, mustard seeds, anise seed
- 4 black cardamom pods
- 8 green cardamom pods
- 3-4 bay leaves
- 2 cinnamon quills
Tags
Pork
Meat
SundayRoast
Pulled pork (2)
Method
- Preheat your oven to 150°C with the rack in the lower third
- In a roasting pan, place your pork shoulder
- Top up with half apple juice and half water until the shoulder is 2/3 covered
- Add the cider vinegar, pomegranate molasses, sugar, onions, garlic, quince, smoked paprika, mustard seeds, anise, cardamom pods, bay leaves, cinnamon quills
- Cover with a piece of baking paper which fits inside the pan, then cover very tightly with tin foil
- Cook undisturbed for 4 hours
- Allow to cool in the braising liquid, then strain the liquid and reserve
- While the pork is still warm pull apart with two forks
- Toss in a cup of the liquid
Comments
There’s no need to peel anything here, just get it in and make a B line for the oven; time is a’ tickin’.