Roast Pork, Cuban Style

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Serves 8 people

Categories: Sandwiches-burgers

Ingredients

  • 10 to 15 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. black peppercorns
  • 1 cup freshly squeezed sour orange juice
  • 1 cup minced onion
  • 2 tsp. oregano
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1 (4 to 6 Lb.) pork shoulder roast

Directions

  1. Mash garlic with salt and pepper to a paste using a mortar and pestle (or a food processor).
  2. Stir in the sour orange juice, onion and oregano. Let sit at room temperature, 30 minutes. heat the olive oil in a saucepan until hot, about 220 degrees.
  3. Remove pan from heat; quickly whisk in the garlic-orange juice mixture until well blended. Let cool.
  4. Pierce the pork shoulder roast all over with a sharp knife or fork. Pour garlic mixture (save a little for basting while roasting) over pork. Cover; let sit in refrigerator, 2 to 3 hours.
  5. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Place pork in a roasting pan; sprinkle marinade over pork. Cook uncovered, 20 minutes.
  6. Reduce oven temperature to 225 degrees; cook until the meat is soft and pulls apart easily with a fork, 4 to 8 hours. Baste occasionally while roasting.
  7. Remove pork from pan; allow to rest. heat the pan juices to a boil; simmer until the juice is reduced by half. Sprinkle some juice onto the pork when you put it in the sandwich.
  8. Note: If sour oranges are not available, use two parts fresh orange to one part fresh lemon and one part fresh lime.

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