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(Roasted Pork Roast with crackling)

Nothing is as nice as a traditional Danish pork roast. There is actually a club for this course! There are countries with similar traditions such as the UK’s roast pork with crackling.

Ingredients

4½-6½ lbs of Shoulder of pork w/rind on
2-3 spoons of course salt
2 lbs small cold boiled potatoes
4 spoons sugar
1½ oz butter
1 pint of water
2 lbs canned red cabbage

The Roast

Preheat oven to 350°F. Put the roast in a roasting pan with water with the rind facing downwards. Let the water cover the rind. Use as small a pan as possible to get good tasty gravy. Leave the roast in the bottom of the oven for 30 minutes. Using a sharp, heavy knife cut deeply through the rind and fat until you reach the meat, making the incisions 1/2" apart lengthwise and crosswise. Rub salt liberally into these gashes. It will make the crackling to bubble up and get crispy.

Put the roast in bottom part of the owen for 1½-2 hours. The center temperature of the roast should be about 170°F. Pour the gravy into a pot to make brown sauce from it. Put the roast back in the oven and set the temperature to 530°F. Watch the crackling, it may suddenly be overdone.

Brown sauce

Let the gravy rest a while in the pot and remove the grease from the surface. The gravy is thickened by a mix of flour and cold water, add black gravy color, and salt and peper.

Red Cabbage

Use the Herregårds Rødkål from Beauvais. Add some water in the pot and let it cook at low or medium heat for 30 minutes. Alternatively, the cabbage can be heated in the microwave owen which will make the cabbage more krispy.

Candied Potatoes

(Brunede Kartofler)
Caramelised Potatoesis delicious with almost all kind of roast meat, especially pork. It is important to follow the recipe exactly for a good result. Run the cold tap over the cold boiled potatoes just before starting.

Use new potatoes if possible and boil well in advance to ensure they are cold before use. Run cold water over potatoes before starting.

Put the sugar on frying pan and heat until melted and golden. Add butter and mix well. Add potatoes and shake frying pan well. Add water carefully and stir lightly until water has evaporated.

The dish is served with pickles – Bon Appettite!

Work Arrounds

You can’t find pork roast with the rind attached: Look for a fresh ham, remove 2/3 of the skin and you will get crackling with the rest.

You can’t find Herrregårds Rødkål from Beauvais: You may find it canned in a German store, but pour a couple of spoons of sugar on the red cabbage if it is of German origin.

You can’t find tasteless black gravy color: I haven’t figured this one out yet!

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