Ingredients

The following ingredients have 9 Servings
  • 1 free-range, bone-in pork shoulder (5kg-6kg)
  • 1 tbsp fennel seeds
  • 1 head garlic, cloves peeled
  • 750 ml white wine
  • 10 large fennel bulbs, halved
  • 75 ml apple cider vinegar

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 200C. Carefully score skin of pork in a 2.5cm diamond pattern just deep enough to penetrate fat without exposing flesh. Pound fennel seeds, garlic and 2 heaped tsp salt to a paste with a mortar and pestle. Rub all over pork, pushing into scored skin, then place skin-side up in a large deep roasting pan. Place fennel bulbs neatly around pork and pour in wine. Reduce oven to 100C and roast pork overnight (or at least 8 hours). Remove shoulder and fennel from pan and set aside covered to rest (20 minutes).
  • Meanwhile, add vinegar to pan and reduce cooking liquid over medium-high heat until sauce consistency (25-30 minutes). Keep warm.
  • Serve pork with sauce.