Ginger Pot Roast - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 lbs pork, picnic shoulder bone-in
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 large onion, peeled and quartered
4 garlic cloves, smashed
2 tablespoons ginger, smashed
3 cinnnamon sticks
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
1 tablespoon coriander seed
1 tablespoon fennel seed
1/2 teaspoon cumin
2 bay leaves
2 (355 ml) bottles ginger beer
1 -2 cup chicken stock
2 tablespoons molasses
salt

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Season pork with salt.
Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over high heat; sear pork on all sides, approximately 7-10 minutes.
Remove pork, set aside.
Add onion, garlic and ginger, cook over medium heat until lightly browned.
Add all spices and toast until fragrant.
Deglaze with ginger beer and chicken stock.
Add molasses, bring up to a simmer.
Add pork, cover pot with lid and place in oven.
Braise until pork is tender, turning pork over half way through cooking, approximately 2 1/2 hours.
Turn pork over half way through cooking.
Once pork is tender, remove from pot.
Remove fat cap, divide meat into 2 inch pieces and set aside.
With a fine strainer, pour liquid into a large wide-based pot.
Reduce braising liquid by 2/3 over high heat until thickened and will coat back of a spoon.
Glaze pork in sauce before serving.