- 18 to twenty-pound smoked pork, water added, pork hock removed
- One 16-ounce box light brown sugar
- 1 cup (8-ounce jar) clover honey
Directions
Adjust the oven racks to support a sizable covered roasting pan. Fit the pan having a shallow rack. Preheat the oven to 350 levels F.
Unwrap the pork and rinse it in cold water. Put it around the rack within the roasting pan. Cover the pan using the lid and bake for half the believed cooking (Total cooking is all about twenty minutes per pound.) Midway with the believed cooking, add some sugar and honey to some saucepan. cooking over medium heat until smooth and sugar is dissolved. Pour the mix within the pork and continue baking the pork, basting from time to time using the drippings within the roaster.
Look for doneness in the finish from the believed cooking by inserting a meat thermometer in a meaty point (not into fat or touching the bone). It ought to register 160 levels F.
Permit the pork to face for fifteen minutes before slicing to permit the juices to create.
Recipe adapted from Georgia Cooking within an Oklahoma Kitchen by Trisha Yearwood (c) Clarkson Potter 2008