Easter Recipes

Pork shoulder roast

Pork shoulder recipesA flavoursome and forgiving cut, with enough fat to keep it moist during cooking, shoulder makes one of the best pork shoulder roast joints. This slow cooker pulled pork recipe is great for feeding a crowd.

It’s so easy people won’t believe how little effort it takes. Get a really good chipotle sauce if you want a bit of heat. Choose a boned and rolled shoulder, which will be simple to carve, or buy it on the bone for more flavour, especially if you intend to slow roast it. Shoulder is also cut into steaks which can be roasted or braised.

Diced shoulder is ideal for stews, casseroles, braises and curries. Mix with equal amounts of pork leg mince for a leaner mince. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. James Martin’s slow roast pork shoulder recipe is a perfect treat for a Sunday lunch. Score the skin of the pork with a sharp knife into a diamond pattern.