Roasted Porchetta (Recipe courtesy of Omar Michael Miller, Dressel's Public House.)

Prep time:          30 mins.
Cook time:         1-to 1 1/2 hours
Serves:               ten 7-ounce servings


Ingredients

1 whole pork butt (bone removed by butcher)
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
11/4 cup chopped garlic
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup chopped fresh rosemary
1/4 cup chopped fresh sage
2 tablespoons fresh ground fennel seed
2 tablespoons fresh zest of lemon and orange
1/4 cup kosher salt
2 tablespoons fresh cracked black pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Using a sharp knife, slice open the butt, following the fat cap, until you are able to roll it flat.

Making a paste with the olive oil, garlic, fresh herbs, fennel seeds and zest.  Take half of the salt and sprinkle the exposed inside of the butt.  Do the same with half of the black pepper.  Pour the herb paste onto the butt.  Spread evenly into the meat.  Roll the meat up back onto itself creating a large pinwheel of pork and herbs.  Secure the roast together using butchers twine.  Sprinkle the outside of the roast with the remaining salt and pepper.

Place the butt onto a roasting rack inside of a roasting pan.  Place the butt into the oven and cook for 1 to    1 1/2 hours or until the inside is 140 degrees F.  Let cool and slice.