appetite magazine
Pulled pork
 
 
Serves: 4-5
Ingredients
  • 1.25kg boneless pork shoulder
  • generous knob butter
  • 1 onion, finely sliced
  • 1 medium carrot, chopped
  • 3 stalks celery, roughly chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, smashed
  • 100ml chicken or vegetable stock
  • 150ml cider
  • 2 tbsp liquid smoke
  • salt and fresh ground black pepper
  • bread rolls and coleslaw to serve
Method
  1. Heat oven to 170C/Gas 3.
  2. Trim off any large pieces of fat from the pork and cut into large fist-sized pieces.
  3. Rub the pork with salt and pepper.
  4. Warm butter in a frying pan and sear meat on all sides (5 mins).
  5. Place in an oven dish with vegetables and pour over liquid smoke, stock and cider.
  6. Cover and place in the middle of the oven for 2-4 hours.
  7. Transfer to a large bowl and shred using two forks.
  8. Strain the liquid and vegetables out and set aside.
  9. Moisten the pork with a little of the liquid if you need to when you serve in bread rolls with coleslaw.
Recipe by appetite magazine at https://www.appetitemag.co.uk/pulled-pork/