Porketta

6 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 5-pound pork butt roast (or a boned sirloin tip roast)
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
  • 7 to 8 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 4 cups fresh fennel bulbs and leaves, diced
  • Handful of flat Italian parsley, shredded
  • Garlic powder to taste

Directions

  1. 1
    Cut the roast almost in half lengthwise, and open it like a book.
  2. 2
    Salt and pepper both cut sides.
  3. 3
    Rub both sides with garlic, and then sprinkle over garlic, the diced fennel and parsley, leaving a little of each to use on the outside of the roast.
  4. 4
    Close up the roast and tie securely with string.
  5. 5
    Generously sprinkle garlic powder and pepper on the outside of the roast.
  6. 6
    Place the roast in a pan, fat side up, and cover with the remaining fennel and parsley.
  7. 7
    If using pork, bake at 325 degrees for 4 hours or until the roast falls apart when tested with a fork.
  8. 8
    If using sirloin, bake for 2 hours at the same temperature.

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