Shelly's Recipe

PORK SHOULDER

Category: Roasts/Tenderloins - Pork

1 7 to 9 lb Picnic Shoulder or Boston Butt Pork Roast
Kosher or Sea Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 carrots, roughly chopped
1 onion, skinned, root attached and quartered
2 apples, peeled, pitted and quartered
About 3 cups cabbage, sliced
2 cups chicken stock
1 cup apple cider

Preheat oven to 350. Pat dry roast with a paper towel. Season with salt and pepper. In a heavy bottomed Dutch oven over high heat, heat oil and sear roast on all sides (about 3 minutes per side). Remove to a plate. Lower heat to medium. Add carrots and onion; cook 2 to 3 minutes. Add apples. Place roast back in pan and nestle into the vegetables. Add stock and cider. Cover and place in oven for about 3 hours. Remove the roast to a plate and with foil; let rest at least 10 minutes. Skim and discard the fat. Strain.