PORK POACHED IN MILK WITH CAVOLO NERO
PORK POACHED IN MILK WITH CAVOLO NERO
PORK POACHED IN MILK WITH CAVOLO NERO

Ingredients
  • 175g/6oz unsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 x 750g/1lb 10oz boned pork loin with rind still attached
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • sliced
  • 6 sage leaves
  • 2 unwaxed lemons
  • zest removed in strips
  • cut in half
  • 1.5 litres/2½ pints full-fat milk
  • 500g/1lb 2oz waxy potatoes
  • peeled and left whole
  • 1 head cavolo nero
  • chopped
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 160C/140C Fan/Gas 3.
  • In a large ovenproof pan or casserole
  • heat 100g/3½oz butter and the oil. Add the pork fat-side down and cook until golden-brown and crisp.
  • Remove the pork from the pan and set aside. Fry the garlic and sage for 1-2 minutes. Add the lemon zest
  • squeeze in the juice and drop in the rest of the lemon. Add the milk and bring to the boil.
  • Season the pork shoulder with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Put it
  • fat-side up
  • into the hot milk. Add the potatoes and cook in the oven for 1½ -2 hours
  • or until the pork is very tender.
  • To cook the cavolo nero
  • heat the remaining butter in a large frying pan. Once hot
  • add the cavolo nero and a few tablespoons water. Cook until wilted.
  • Remove the pork from the sauce carefully and slice thickly. Place on serving plates
  • pour over the sauce and serve with the cavolo nero.