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pizza with slow-roasted shredded pork with thyme, taleggio and lemon-dressed rocket

method

When it comes to the meat, 1kg/2lb 3oz of pork shoulder should give you enough pork to top about 10 pizzas. Although the rest of the ingredients are for one topping, there is no point in cooking less pork than this – you can use any leftovers in sandwiches. This is also a great way to use up leftovers from a roast pork joint.

Preheat your oven to 170ºC/325ºF/gas 3. Score the pork shoulder. Bash the fennel seeds and rub them over the pork, then season and rub with olive oil. Roast in the preheated oven for at least 4 hours, until the meat is tender and shreds easily. When cool, shred up using a fork or your hands. Dress the meat with a little of the cooking juices – it will have almost the texture of a confit of duck.

Smear the pasta-and-pizza/the_quickest_tomato_sauce">tomato sauce thinly over the pasta-and-pizza/pizza_dough">pizza base and scatter over a small handful of your roasted pork and some small pieces of taleggio. Sprinkle with the thyme leaves, drizzle with olive oil and cook until crisp and golden. Dress the rocket with a tiny bit of lemon juice, scatter over the pizza and serve.

• from Jamie's Italy

ingredients

for the pork
• 1kg/2lb 3oz pork shoulder
• 2 tablespoons fennel seeds
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• olive oil

for each pizza topping
• 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
• 85g/3oz taleggio cheese
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
• a small handful of rocket
• juice of ½ a lemon

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1. by Tammy on Wed 03 Jun 2009 @ 04:02

Your food is simply fantastic! Well, the recipes are fantastic. I've not been so blessed as to taste YOUR food, but the recipe pictures have lovely eye appeal and the ingredients are simple, method easy to follow. Thank you!
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2. by Mikayla on Tue 16 Sep 2008 @ 17:31

im another pregnant lady that craves pizza and this looks DISGUSTING!

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3. by Kira on Mon 07 Jul 2008 @ 19:15

now that looks REALLY good!

4. by saray on Wed 18 Jun 2008 @ 01:18

hello
exquiusme i am a spanish girl and my inlgis is very very very bad.oliver you are fantastic your quichen is very good.is nature,is easy ...good.
i need make pizza but i don´t estand inglis.you will give me in spanish please??
thank you

5. by Tim on Sat 31 May 2008 @ 16:06

It's not much of a compliment if pregnant ladies enjoy (hoovers mate), but I christened my woodfired oven with this recipe and my girlfriend enjoyed it so much that the gratitude she gave me may have her joining these prego's in the maternity ward (I still had to do the dishes though). This accomanied a motza and mushroom number with some truffle oil that I conned my local italian joint to give me for being such a cool guy (or regular customer maybe?) and a cup overfloweth of some velvet textured australian pinot - shitchyeah

6. by Hannah on Fri 23 May 2008 @ 14:50

Another Pregnant lady here........That Pizza is so fab feel like im having it all the time!!! Thanks for the recipe!!
Hannah x x

7. by Jessica on Wed 21 May 2008 @ 01:05

OMG! you do not know what you have done!..I´m pregnant and i am soooo in love with that pizza that looks delicious....so now my husband has to make it for me!..thanks for the recipe

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