It seems I must once again apologize for an unplanned hiatus here... But I have a really good i'm-sorry-let-me-make-it-up-to-you treat.
This recipe has been asked for a lot and I am so happy to be posting it.
I had one of those annoying round birthdays this year and was very pleased that about 20 people actually wanted to celebrate with me. This left me a bit in the lurch as to how to feed them all. If it would have been a smaller group I would have headed straight for fish tacos. But I didn't see myself flipping filets for twenty hungry eaters. So I tried out something new and I have to say the results were more than pleasing... It is an easy dish you can prepare ahead and when it comes to serving your guests can do some diy.
If you are planning to prepare this in Switzerland make sure you talk to your butcher beforehand about getting pork shoulder. It's not a very standard cut. My butcher actually gave this dish the nickname of American Döner, which isn't too far off the mark. ;-)
I based my recipe for the meat off this one.
For the meat:
1 onion, roughly chopped
2 carrots, roughly chopped
some olive oil
1 pork shoulder, deboned (ca. 1 kg)
2 tbsp paprika
2 tbsp cayenne pepper or chili to taste
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp salt
2 tbsp tomato paste
ca. 500 ml beer
ca. 500 ml water
1. Preheat your oven to 160°. In a large pot with a fitting lid heat some olive oil and fry off your veggies. In the meantime mix your spices and coat your pork on all sides. You could brown your meat after this step. I couldn't and it turned out fine.
2.Place your pork on top of the sauteed veggies, add the tomato paste and fill the pot with half water and half beer until the liquid comes up to 3/4 of the meat. Let it come to the boil and cover with the lid. Place it into the hot oven for about three hours turning the meat over halfway through.
3. Take it out and let it cool slightly. Lift the meat out of the sauce (you can reduce it slightly if you feel like it). Shred it into pieces with two forks. Place it onto your serving dish and pour over some of the sauce.
To serve:
Soft rolls
Julienned carrots
Finely sliced cabbage
Fresh herbs (go with coriander or mint)
Sour cream that has been heavily seasoned.
Sliced tomatoes
Onions
Basically whatever you feel like...
Everyone can make their own sandwich. We had it with different salads and it was a great meal. Sorry to say that this was the only photo I have....
Do give it a try.
Post-edit:
I like adding garlic in with the onion and carrots. Just a about two chopped cloves.
