Recipes from Havana Mania

ROAST PORK
(Lechon Asado)

Ingredients:

3 pound pork roast
2 tablespoons minced fresh garlic
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup sour orange juice (or 1/8 cup orange, 1/8 cup lime juice)
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon ground bay leaves
½ teaspoon ground oregano
½ teaspoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon pure Spanish olive oil
Mojo (see mojo recipe)

Remove excess fat and all of the skin from pork roast. Pierce meat in several areas and marinate roast in a mixture of garlic, salt, juice, pepper, bay leaves, oregano, cumin, and olive oil for at least 1 hour.

Place roast in a pan with the fat side up, and reserve marinade for basting. Roast at 350 degrees for about 2 ½ hours. Or until a meat thermometer registers 170 degrees and the meat is browned.

Turn the meat and baste frequently with marinate while cooking. If drippings begin to smoke or burn, add a little water to the drippings in the pan. After meat is well done, remove from oven and allow cooling before cutting into slices. Serve with mojo and onions on top.

Serves 4