Tuscan Style Slow Roasted Pork
June 10, 2015
The Flavors of Tuscany....
This Tuscan Style Slow Roasted Pork is, without a doubt, the best pork roast recipe ever. You can buy sandwiches on the streets off carts in Italy with this pork, which I've had in Viterbo, north of Rome. It takes about 5 minutes to prepare and six hours to cook. I usually just throw it in a crockpot and forget about it. The key is using a fatty cut of pork, like shoulder or butt.
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 6 hrs
Directions
1Preheat oven to 275°F.
2Blend together sage, rosemary, garlic, shallot, fennel seeds, salt, and pepper in a food processor until a thick paste forms. With motor running, add wine and oil and blend until combined well.
3Trim the outer fat from the pork, then slather the herb paste all over the pork.
4Put pork in a roasting pan and roast in middle of oven 6 hours. Or cook in a crock pot on low for approx. 6 hours. It will fall apart as you transfer it to a serving plate.
Tip
1You can make herb paste 1 day ahead and chill, covered.
Recipe from Epicurious, 1999.
5 Reviews
WGiattino
October 31, 2020
Should I roast covered or uncovered?
Tom
September 23, 2018
Absolutely amazing! Served at a dinner party and it was a huge success!
Leslie Blythe
May 16, 2016
This is one of my most popular recipes. It’s so easy to make and is a real crowd pleaser. I think a 6-pound roast should feed 10, as long as it’s boneless. You want to buy a fatty roast – shoulder or butt, not a tenderloin. It completely falls apart. I always cook it in my slow cooker, but you can do it in the oven as well.
Denise Solomon
May 16, 2016
Hi Leslie.
This recipe is superb. Just would like to know exactly how many people you think it would feed?
I am having ten people for dinner. Should I do two roasts to be safe?
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Leslie Blythe
October 31, 2020
Covered. It works well in a slow cooker too!