Pulled pork

Haven't posted for a couple of weeks, but I made this last weekend! 

As a food lover, I love TV cooking/eating programmes, Diners, Drive Ins and Dives is popular as is Man Vs Food. I was watching a bit of a marathon of both these shows and had a really craving for some pulled pork so thought I'd give it a try myself. 

So on to google, and the always safe option of Jamie Oliver. This is the recipe I went for: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pork-recipes/southern-style-pork-slaw_1

However, as this is a recipe for 10-12 people, I had to scale it down a bit so I bought a MUCH smaller piece of pork ie. enough for two people and not bone in, I think it weighed less than a kg, so used a bit less of all of the spices but pretty much did it exactly as it stated in the recipe! I also made the home made coleslaw to go with it. 

After about four hours in the oven at about 150 degrees, my much smaller piece of pork looked like this: 

Really nice crackling, and luckily it was already scored when I bought it so I didn't have to get out a stanley knife. The meat was cooked all the way through, still juicy and very tender. I let it rest for about 15 minutes whilst I whizzed up the coleslaw in my food processor. The coleslaw is a breeze, a bit on the onion-y side but the apples add a nice fresh bite and sweetness that works well. I also prefer my coleslaw quite dry and without loads of mayonnaise so I only put in about 1 tablespoon that just bound it all together. 

I carved up the pork and ended up with this! Which we had with the coleslaw, (the coleslaw isn't particularly photogenic so I didn't upload the photo!) Then nice bread rolls and all this lovely pork with a scattering of fresh mint over the top! YUMMY!