Wish I could give this 10 stars! Just fabulous, and so easy. My suggestions are - I'm not so much of a fan of actual pork roasts and prefer a bit leaner meat. So, I used pork tenderloins for this recipe. I cooked mine in the crockpot. The night before, I put my tenderloins in a baggie with the seasoning (ground the fennel a bit as others have suggested) and just enough vegetable oil to mix with the spices and coat the tenderloins. Then put it in the crock pot in the AM and it was perfect for supper. Whatever you do, do not leave out the fennel. That is what makes it porketta, and it is fabulous! So glad I found this recipe. My husband is from Northern Minnesota and we just can't find porketta roasts in the store here in Texas. But, now with this recipe I can make porketta that exceeds his high expectations! ;-)

Reviewed On: Oct. 8, 2011

I didn't follow the recipe exactly because I felt this was going to have more grease / oil that I cared for with the oil and 1/4 stick of margarine. So, I made changes based on other reviewer comments, and the family definitely enjoyed this. My changes were: I fried 3 slices of bacon for this, then sauteed about a third of an onion in the bacon grease. I set that all aside, drained it and drained the leftover bacon grease from the pan. Next I only put in about a tbsp of butter, and I added a rounded tbsp of chopped garlic to that, along with some pepper. Added a handful of fresh baby spinach and let that sautee together. Added the ham, and put the bacon pieces and onion back into the mix. Didn't use the vegetable oil, chicken broth or parsley. Added the pasta when it was done, then added at least 2 cups of skim milk (sorry not an accurate measure; I just put in enough milk to make enough sauce to adequately cover all the pasta and ingredients). Once the milk and all ingredients were hot, I added the egg yolks and parmesan cheese. Very pretty and tasty. I think adding peas and / or mushrooms would be great too.

Reviewed On: Apr. 25, 2011

Wow, this was great! I didn't have fresh lemon juice on hand, so I just used some lemon grass paste that I had and it worked out well. Restaurant quality side. Make extra!

Reviewed On: Apr. 13, 2011