Yeah, I will admit I dropped the ball on that recently for my new years party. I bought a big thing of pre-sliced deli provolone to keep it simple because I was keeping things low-effort, and it did the job but I really wanted something sharper with it.
Even with some lackluster cheese though people still raved about it.
It was basically a whole day of cooking on paper, but there was maybe about 15 minutes of actual hands-on cooking and prep time, the rest was just letting the pork do its thing in the crock pot while I did other stuff, like panic-cleaning my house before company arrived.
Just as a heads-up, unless you’re cooking for a lot of people or really like leftovers, you may want to look for a smaller cut than a whole shoulder because it is a lot of meat. After feeding my party guests (it wasn’t a huge party, but) and sending most of them home with leftovers, I still had enough left over to have it for lunch every day for the next week.
I’m imagining freezing a lot of it, and pulling some out for sandwiches, tacos, etc for months. I’ve done a whole rotisserie shoulder for a party a couple of times, but your caution is a good reminder, it needs to fit in my slow cooker…
It does freeze well, so that’s a good option. Normally I do that, but in this case i actually pulled the shoulder out of my freezer trying to free up some space in there so I kind of didn’t want to fill it right back up.
If you’ve done a whole shoulder on a rotisserie I feel like you’ll appreciate this idea too- I’ve been to a couple parties and done it once myself where we roasted a whole lamb over a fire. I don’t have any pictures handy but look up “lamb al asador” to get an idea of what the setup looked like. If nothing else it’s a hell of a centerpiece to have for a party.
That looks amazing! My rotisserie experience is all on a gas grill. I think a whole lamb exceeds my ambition, AND the size party I can manage, but I’m going to forward a link to a friend in the hopes that HE gets inspired. :^D
And sharp provolone! Not the bland deli slice stuff.
Yeah, I will admit I dropped the ball on that recently for my new years party. I bought a big thing of pre-sliced deli provolone to keep it simple because I was keeping things low-effort, and it did the job but I really wanted something sharper with it.
Even with some lackluster cheese though people still raved about it.
It was basically a whole day of cooking on paper, but there was maybe about 15 minutes of actual hands-on cooking and prep time, the rest was just letting the pork do its thing in the crock pot while I did other stuff, like panic-cleaning my house before company arrived.
Nice! You’ve inspired me to pick up a pork shoulder next chance I get and try that.
Just as a heads-up, unless you’re cooking for a lot of people or really like leftovers, you may want to look for a smaller cut than a whole shoulder because it is a lot of meat. After feeding my party guests (it wasn’t a huge party, but) and sending most of them home with leftovers, I still had enough left over to have it for lunch every day for the next week.
I’m imagining freezing a lot of it, and pulling some out for sandwiches, tacos, etc for months. I’ve done a whole rotisserie shoulder for a party a couple of times, but your caution is a good reminder, it needs to fit in my slow cooker…
It does freeze well, so that’s a good option. Normally I do that, but in this case i actually pulled the shoulder out of my freezer trying to free up some space in there so I kind of didn’t want to fill it right back up.
If you’ve done a whole shoulder on a rotisserie I feel like you’ll appreciate this idea too- I’ve been to a couple parties and done it once myself where we roasted a whole lamb over a fire. I don’t have any pictures handy but look up “lamb al asador” to get an idea of what the setup looked like. If nothing else it’s a hell of a centerpiece to have for a party.
That looks amazing! My rotisserie experience is all on a gas grill. I think a whole lamb exceeds my ambition, AND the size party I can manage, but I’m going to forward a link to a friend in the hopes that HE gets inspired. :^D