Sometimes my roast pork works othertimes it doesnt

lily23, Oct 14, 12:01am
but tonight its gorgeous tender meat and amazing crackling, weird cos I use the same technique every time and the same oven temp etc, must be the meat
camper18, Oct 14, 3:59pm
Definitely the meat
chatsmom, Oct 14, 5:39pm
I've learnt if the meat isn't at room temperature and the skin not dry enough then not nice meat and bad crackling.
sarahb5, Oct 14, 5:57pm
Mine's the same - a bit hit and miss - last night's was good although took longer to cook than it should've done but even the gravy got compliments from hubby and teenage sons!
daleaway, Oct 14, 6:48pm
Pigs are different.
tjman, Oct 14, 10:12pm
Do you score, dry and salt it.!
tjman, Oct 14, 10:13pm
Also sometimes I notice that there isn't much fat under the skin.I wonder if that makes a difference
uli, Oct 15, 5:24pm
Yes - especially the ones we import from Europe.
beaker59, Oct 15, 8:45pm
A major factor is we tend to roast the wrong bits so often I see leg roasts offered at the supermarket they will be dry and coarse meat even though crackling is good. For the best pork roast try a shoulder far superior meat for roasting though the crackling isn't quite as good. My favourite is a large shoulder on the Kettle BBQ cooked over charcoal.
lily23, Oct 17, 4:06am
Thanks for the interesting replies come to think of it I usually choose a leg
antoniab, Oct 17, 2:13pm
Mmm we had our best roast pork on Monday - think it was because it was shoulder not leg - 5hr slow roasted the took the crackling off and put it under the grill. Was amazing! Last time I think it was leg (homekill stuff both times) and it dried out
kara101, Oct 22, 11:40pm
Resting the meat for about half an hour is also important, and yep i always do crackling under the grill that way i can cut off half of the disgusting layers of fat underneath. without hubby knowing. lol!