pork roast the old fashion way cast iron dutch oven

🥘 Ingredients

• • pork roast
• • garlic cloves
• • onion
• • water
• • kitchen bouquet
• • black pepper
• • salt
• • lard
• • cornstarch

📝 Instructions

1. 1 pre-heat oven to 350f
2. 2 melt lard in cast iron dutch oven , or very heavy bottomed pot with lid , over medium high heat
3. 3 salt and pepper all sides of pork roast
4. 4 when lard just begins to give off smell of being hot , place roast in pot
5. 5 do not move it for a minute or so , then rotate it to brown all sides
6. 6 lay garlic cloves and onion slices around the roast and stir to brown them a bit
7. 7 mix kitchen bouquet into the 2 cups of water
8. 8 pour in the water mixture
9. 9 bring to a boil
10. 10 cover tightly and place in lower portion of the oven
11. 11 roast 1 hour for boneless roast
12. 12 1-3 / 4 hours for bone-in roast
13. 13 half-way through roasting time turn the roast over
14. 14 remove roast from pan and cover to keep hot
15. 15 mix 2 tablespoons cornstarch into 1 / 2 cup water
16. 16 using a whisk , stir the cornstarch mixture into the pot drippings , breaking up the garlic cloves as you mix
17. 17 bring to a boil , taste and season if needed with salt and / or pepper
18. 18 it makes wonderful hot pork sandwiches !
19. 19 the gravy is out of this world !