# @seattlehanddoc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVR1P2TklTh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63741542-seattlehanddoc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-27T22:46:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wayne & Nancy (@seattlehanddoc) — https://gondola.cc/seattlehanddoc

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Cider-Braised Pork Shoulder with Caramelized Fennel 

The  last time we made a dish by cocolarkincooks , one of our favorite chefs…. our high school senior declared, “THIS is now my favorite meal.” And I kid you not, he said the exact same thing after his first bite of this.

She said this was a Grand Slam and it was incredible. Leftovers were sensational.  This is our slightly adapted version.  Original recipe is on her Substack.

8 lb pork butt/shoulder cut into steaks
3 tbsp butter + 2 tbsp neutral oil
4 large fennel bulbs, sliced thin
2 cans of hard apple cider
1 large bundles of thyme 
2 tbsp butter
2 Cosmic or Fuji Apples chopped small
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 scant cup crème fraîche 
1/4 cup chopped chives

Oven 275°F.
Salt pork (on all sides. Brown in melted butter + oil, set aside.
Throw in and sauté the fennel, add a little salt. Deglaze the pan w/ cider. Add thyme + pork. Reduce liquid by ⅓.
Cover + bake 3 hrs (until fall-apart).
Shred.
Sauté chopped apples in 2 tbsp butter, add + ACV.
Stir apples + crème fraîche into pork, Adjus to taste. 

We spread it out onto a sheet pan and broiled it to crisp and caramelized the edges of the pork, and it was phenomenal!

Serve over mashed potatoes + with lots of chives.

Quick Yukon Gold Mash 
2 lbs Yukon Gold potato, cut into chunks, boiled + mashed
4 tbsp butter + ½ cup warm cream
Salt to taste. Whip until smooth + creamy. #teamdinner #mealprep #athlete #dinner #parents

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