The other day I posted about my Moroccan Seven Spice Blend and it’s getting put to use here in my Moroccan Slow Roasted Pork. Aromatic and succulent pork is pull apart delicious after slow roasting in an easy to make spice blend with black pepper, cinnamon, ginger and other warm spices like nutmeg and cardamom. Your house will smell amazing!
There’s something special about a slow roasted dinner. The aroma permeates the house as the meat renders and cooks with the spices and the juices caramelize on the outside, while the inside is moist and tender.
This Moroccan Slow Roasted Pork is just that, and while served with roasted sweet potatoes, carrots, onion and apricots, this is all made in one pan.
MY LATEST VIDEOSMoroccan food always amazes me in that it skillfully uses meat, vegetables and fruit cohesively in one dish and with generous amounts of warm spices to bring it all together.
The Moroccan Seven Spice Blend is made up of black pepper, cinnamon, ginger and other warm spices like cardamom, nutmeg. No salt is added to the spice blend either, but I do rub the pork shoulder with both prior to slow roasting.
I like to serve this with large slices of roasted sweet potatoes, carrots, red onion, dried apricots and halved lemons. The vegetables roast along with the Moroccan Slow Roasted Pork. The rendering fat coating and caramelizing the vegetables that were tossed with olive oil and honey. All in one pan makes for an easy clean up, too.
Use the pan drippings and a squeeze the roasted lemon on top, serve with some chopped mint (optional) and this feeds a crowd.
For other amazing Moroccan dishes, try my Moroccan Chickpea Carrot Salad with Za’atar Croutons, Lamb Tagine with Dates and Apricots, or my Moroccan Lamb Meatballs with Toasted Fregula. Enjoy!
- 4 lb pork shoulder , bone in
- 4 tbsp Moroccan Seven Spice Blend (separated)
- 1 tbsp kosher salt
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 4 large carrots , cut into French fry-like wedges
- 2 large sweet potatoes , cut into French fry-like wedges
- 1 red onion , sliced thick
- 1/2 cup dried apricots
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp honey
- 3 large lemons , halved
- 1/4 cup fresh mint (optional)
- Preheat oven to 275°F. Allow pork shoulder to come to room temperature.
- Rub salt and 3 tablespoons of Moroccan Seven Spice Blend all over pork shoulder, pressing to adhere. Allow to rest while oven heats up.
- Peel and cut the carrots into thick, French fry-like wedges. Peel and cut sweet potatoes into large, French fry-like wedges. Peel and cut onion in half vertically. Trim edges and cut into thick half inch slices. Toss all in a bowl with oil, honey and remaining tablespoon of Moroccan Spice Blend.
In a large 13x9” baking dish place the pork shoulder in the center, fat side up and propped up if necessary with a few vegetables underneath. Arrange vegetables and fruit around pork. Pour chicken stock over pork and vegetables. Roast for 4 hours, or until fall apart tender with internal temperature of 160°F. About 60 minutes per pound. Baste occasionally while roasting.
- Allow to rest at least 20 minutes, covered with aluminum foil. Remove bone from pork and pull apart or cut into pieces. Serve with roasted vegetables and fruit. Spoon pan juices and squeeze lemons over pork and vegetables and sprinkle chopped mint on top.
Do you think this recipe would work with q pork loin.
Hi Jack. While I see no reason why it would not, I don’t think you’ll achieve that fall apart shredded meat with a loin as the fat content and meat is denser. If that’s not an issue then go for it. Let me how it turns out!
I was wondering where that spice blend was heading. And here we have it, a divine slow cooked pork. I’m sure it tastes fab!
It did 🙂 … and the aroma, heavenly!
This pork looks amazing! My mouth is literally watering. I’m guessing the vegetables are fall-apart tender
Everything works really well together Karyl, hope you give it a try. Let me know your thoughts! Cheers and have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
Yum! This looks amazing. I just came across the photo on Foodgawker and had to click over to get the recipe.
Thanks so much for stopping by Lisa. It’s a good one! Have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
I happened not to be a fan of pork. I kind of like it, and I use it in my cooking 2-3 times a year (And perhaps, have it few times when eating out), but I won’t miss it if doesn’t happen for a few years. But I’m telling you, Kevin, your pork revipes and ideas always make me a little a carnivorous person:) This one looks fantastic. Cannot even fully imagine all these flavors going on here.
Thanks so much Ben, my goal is to make tantalizing food so I guess it’s working. I hope you give this and the ribs today a go! 🙂
Great use of the spice blend, Kevin! Just wondering…what time is dinner 😉 ?
If we were only neighbors, right? 🙂
Looks amazing. Do you think the roast could be smoked on a wood pellet smoker?
I don’t see why not. I think a nice pecan or cherry wood chip smoke would do nicely. 🙂
Now that is a thing of beauty and I’m just drooling!
Thanks Julie, its tastes as good as it looks, too. 🙂
That meat looks fall apart delicious Kevin! And the flavor sound amazing!
Thank you! A little twist on the usual slow roasted pork. 😉
My god this looks good. Beautiful colors!
Thanks Mimi. It honestly tastes pretty spectacular. 🙂
The aroma is coming through my screen!! #iwish Your spice blend sounds incredible and that tender pork has my mouth watering.
Thanks Marissa… Smellavision would be so cool!
Hi Kevin. What an inviting dish! All those wonderful vegetables and fruit, along with the succulent hunk of pork. Who could ask for more.
Thanks Dorothy, this is one tasty dish and the leftovers were just as good! 😉
Kevin! great use of the spice mix you did the other day! What I love most about slow roasts is how my house smells! great pictures as always!
Agree, the house smelled amazing… and when I use a smoker too. 🙂 Thanks Gaila!