Pork in a Sprightly Sauce
Inspired by the Salernitan Regimen of Health, a medical treatise written by the Medical School of Salerno for the English King in the 12th century.
From sage, salt with wine, pepper, garlic, and parsley
Make a sauce, mixing it together in a sprightly manner.
Further on in the text the following is stated:
If you eat pork without wine, it is worse than mutton.
If you add wine to pork, then it is food and medicine.
3 lbs
Boston Butt
3 T
Dried Sage
2 T
Dried Parsley
1 C
Chardonnay
2 t
Kosher Salt
1/2 t
Black Pepper

Cut Pork into roughly 4 ounce cubes. Combine all ingredients and allow to marinate overnight. Preheat oven to 350° F and place pork into a roasting dish. Roast tightly covered for 1 ½ hours basting occasionally or until the meat can be cut with a fork.