Slow-Roasted Pork Shoulder with Peach Sauce

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2010, America's Test Kitchen TV

Most modern-day cooks know "roast pork" as the lean, bland loin. To bring back rich, old-fashioned flavor, we took a closer look at the choices in the butcher case.

SERVES 8 to 12

TIME 6¼ to 7¼ hours, plus 12 hours brining and 1 hour resting

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Bone-in pork butt takes longer to cook than boneless but retains more moisture and cooks more evenly. We started our slow-roasted pork shoulder recipe by rubbing our roast’s exterior with brown sugar and salt, then left it to rest overnight...

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