Pork Shoulder with Mustard-Mushroom Gravy
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 cups chopped onions
- 2 cups chopped peeled carrots (about 12 ounces)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 1/2 cups (or more) canned low-salt chicken broth
- 2 cups dry white wine
- 1 7 1/2-pound picnic pork shoulder roast, trimmed of rind and all but 1/8-inch-thick layer of fat
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter, room temperature
- 1/2 pound fresh shiitake mushrooms, stemmed, coarsely chopped
- 6 ounces crimini mushrooms, coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup unbleached all purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat.
- Add onions, carrots, thyme and bay leaf.
- Saute until tender, about 10 minutes.
- Add 4 1/2 cups broth and wine.
- Bring to boil.
- Reduce heat; cover pot partially.
- Simmer 40 minutes, stirring occasionally and skimming off fat if necessary.
- Strain into 4-cup glass measuring cup, pressing on solids; discard solids.
- Add more broth if necessary to measure 4 cups, or return broth to pot and boil until reduced to 4 cups.
- (Can be made 1 day ahead.
- Cool to room temperature.
- Cover; chill.)
- Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 325F.
- Place roasting rack in shallow roasting pan.
- Sprinkle pork generously with salt and pepper.
- Set pork, fat side up, on rack in roasting pan.
- Roast until thermometer inserted into thickest part of pork registers 180F, about 3 hours.
- Transfer to cutting board.
- Tent with foil.
- Scrape pan juices into 1-cup glass measuring cup.
- Spoon off fat.
- Reserve juices.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat.
- Add all mushrooms.
- Cover and cook until tender, stirring often, about 10 minutes.
- Pour pan juices and 4 cups broth into mushrooms.
- Bring to simmer.
- Mix 4 tablespoons butter and flour in small bowl to form paste.
- Add mustard.
- Gradually whisk paste into skillet.
- Cook until gravy thickens slightly, whisking occasionally, about 5 minutes.
- Serve pork with gravy.
vegetable oil, onions, carrots, thyme, bay leaf, chicken broth, white wine, pork shoulder roast, butter, shiitake mushrooms, crimini mushrooms, flour, mustard
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pork-shoulder-with-mustard-mushroom-gravy-4675 (may not work)