Piece of pork shoulder - how to convert cooking times?

beckstrous

Hello, I am hoping someone can help...

I have a piece of pork shoulder that weighs 470g. I want to slow roast it so it can be pulled apart with a fork, and I want nice crackling - like on the Jamie Oliver programme that was on during the week. This joint is of course much smaller than a whole shoulder and, not being at all mathematical, I am really struggling to work out how long to cook it for and at what temp. I want to do it gently, so it's nice and moist but that it still has crackling. I would worry that for 6 hours, as on the programme, it would dry out completely as it is not a whole shoulder. I would appreciate any advice! It has the bone in...

sooty&sweep

Hi

Pork shoulder has a lot of fat in it so cooked at a low temperature it shouldn't dry out.

I'd start it at a very high temperature for approx 20min and then turn down to the much lower temperature for say 1 1 1/2 hours.

But I'd also keep a close eye on it as well.

Good Luck

DilbertJones

cooked my this morning for about 6 hours, 20 mins on full then the rest on gas 3 was amazing....