WebCalories per serving of Porchetta. 474 calories of Pork, fresh, loin, center rib (chops or roasts), bone-in, separable lean and fat, raw, (0.50 lb) 57 calories of Olive Oil, (0.03 cup) …
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Preheat your oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove the porchetta from your fridge and rub more olive oil over the skin. Put it into your oven on a middle rack and let it roast for 3-4 hours. It will be done when it reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
Remove the porchetta from the oven and turn the temperature to broil. Lift the porchetta on the cooling rack off the baking dish and carefully drain all the fat from the bottom of the baking dish into a heatproof bowl.
After you roll the porchetta there is often some meat sticking out of the ends. We usually cut this off so the porchetta looks prettier. But we save it to eat the night we roll the porchetta. Slice this extra meat thin, mix it with olive oil and Italian seasoning, and bake at 350 for about 2 hours. It's delicious!
How much porchetta to serve per person? Most of the time you'll want to buy ½ pound of uncooked meat per person. But once you start eating pork belly it's incredibly hard to stop, which is why we plan on 1 pound per person. Also, leftovers are excellent in sandwiches so it's wise to plan on making extra!