Pork Shoulder Southern Style

📜 Collection: John B. Collection | ✍️ Attribution: Unattributed | 📂 Category: Entrees A traditional southern-style baked pork shoulder recipe featuring a unique blend of flour, spices, sugar, and whole cloves. Slow-cooked to tender perfection with a rich caramelized crust.

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Prep Time	Cook Time	Inactive / Chill Time	Yield / Servings
15 mins	2 hours	None	6 servings

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🔪 Key Equipment

• Baking dish
• Oven

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Ingredients

Measurements	Ingredients	Prep / Notes
1	Pork shoulder	Whole
As needed	Water	To wet the meat
As needed	Flour	For coating
To taste	Salt	None
To taste	Pepper	None
A pinch	Ground cinnamon	None
A sprinkle	Sugar	None
As needed	Whole cloves	For studding

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Instructions

Step 1: Preparation and Initial Bake

1. Take the 1 shoulder pork, wet it, and cover with as needed flour, to taste salt, and to taste pepper.
2. Sprinkle a pinch ground cinnamon and a sprinkle sugar on top.
3. Bake in a moderate oven until it starts to brown.

Step 2: Finishing

4. When nearly done, baste and press in as needed whole cloves 1” apart.
5. Let cook in a slow oven until done and tender, with a rich aromatic crust.

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💡 Make-Ahead & Storage: Can be seasoned and prepared up to a day in advance, covered and kept in the refrigerator before baking.

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