ULTRA-CRISP ROAST PORK
SHOULDER
Pork shoulder is the lead of culinary alchemists, just
waiting, itching to be turned into gold.We’re talking pork butt, in all of its juicy, porky, spoon-
tender-in-the-middle, impossibly crisp-and-crusty-on-the-
outside glory. The transformation of one of the cheapest
cuts of meat in the butcher’s display case into one of the
most glorious, festive centerpieces imaginable is nothing
short of a miracle. At least, it would be if we believed in
such things. But we’re here for the science of it, right? What
makes pork get tender, how do we maximize that
tenderness, and above all, how do we get the crisp,