Can't smoke your Christmas dinner on Christmas day? Here's what I did for Thanksgiving. Several weeks before Thanksgiving I smoked a bone-in pork shoulder roast so I wouldn't be under the gun on the day of the holiday. After it cooled, triple wrapped in aluminum foil, first on the counter for an hour then in the refrigerator for several hours, I wrapped it in plastic wrap (leaving the bone in), then vacuum sealed it with my Food Saver and popped it in the freezer.
The morning before Thanksgiving, I took it out of the freezer and put it back in the refrigerator to defrost for a day. The next day, on Thanksgiving morning, I put the whole thing (still vacuum sealed) in a big bowl of COLD water, changing the water every half hour until it was completely defrosted. Then I took it out of the vacuum bag, took off the plastic wrap and left the aluminum foil in place. I put it in a 250-degree F. oven for about 45 minutes, then sliced and served it.
The family agreed that it was the best pork roast (some said best of ANY kind of roast!) they had ever eaten.
Have a great Christmas!
Al
The morning before Thanksgiving, I took it out of the freezer and put it back in the refrigerator to defrost for a day. The next day, on Thanksgiving morning, I put the whole thing (still vacuum sealed) in a big bowl of COLD water, changing the water every half hour until it was completely defrosted. Then I took it out of the vacuum bag, took off the plastic wrap and left the aluminum foil in place. I put it in a 250-degree F. oven for about 45 minutes, then sliced and served it.
The family agreed that it was the best pork roast (some said best of ANY kind of roast!) they had ever eaten.
Have a great Christmas!
Al
