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📋 Porchetta Romana Recipe

Porchetta Romana is a large cut of pork (almost half), wrapped in its rind and flavoured with herbs. It was cooked on a wooden fire, cut in slices and served in a crusty Panino/Rosetta. You can make it at home without having to buy the entire pig like they do in Rome. #yourguardianchef #Italianrecipe #pork
Course Sandwich
Cuisine Italian
Keyword porchetta romana, roasted pork, roman pork
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Servings 8 people
Calories 431kcal

Ingredients

  • 4 lb pork picnic shoulder
  • 3 peeled garlic cloves
  • 2 shallots minced
  • 1 sprig fresh chives chopped (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon fennel pollen alternatively fennel seed ground in a spice grinder
  • 2 sprig fresh rosemary leaves finely chopped
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1 cup dry white wine (for basting)
  • 1 fistful kosher salt
  • White pepper
  • 8 crusty Italian sandwich rolls

Instructions

  • Mince the rosemary with the garlic and finely chop the shallots
  • Mix all the spices in a bowl with the olive oil, and rub them around and inside the pork. If your pork has the rind, make some diamond cuts, insert the herbs inside.
  • Make sure the pork is well covered with spices, even inside the cut where the bone was removed.
  • As Pierino suggests: “Re-form the ham and then tie it up like a salami, or a fetish model, using one long single piece of cooking twine.”
  • Place the ham in a roasting pan and cook it in a hot oven at 480 F - 250 C for 20 minutes.
  • Baste the pork with white wine and reduce the oven heat to 355 F - 180 C
  • Baste it with white wine every 20 minutes and put the pork back in the oven until it reaches the internal temperature of 150 F - 65 C. It will take a couple of hours.
  • Once it is ready, let it rest for 10 minutes before you cut the slices.
  • Cut it in thin slices and serve it in a crusty Italian bread.

Nutrition

Calories: 431kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 92mg | Sodium: 466mg | Potassium: 580mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 101mg | Iron: 4.1mg