Recipe: Roasted pork leg

Ingredients
  • Whole pork leg
  • Bitter orange juice (or lemon-orange)
  • Cumin powder ( 4 tbls)
  • Oregano (4 tbls)
  • Garlic (16 cloves)
  • Fresh ginger (4 tbls)
  • Annato oil (or oil with paprika) 1 cup
  • Salt (4+2 tbls)
  • Black pepper (1 tbls)
  • Hot red pepper (1) (optional)
Preparation

1. Clean the leg, remove the skin, but leave a layer of fat

2. Blend the orange juice with the garlic, oregano, cumin powder, ginger and the oil.

3. Add 4 tablespoons of salt, black pepper and seeded/chopped red pepper (optional).

4. Liquefy and strain, but save the residue.

5. Inject pork leg with the liquid and cover with the residue plus 2 tablespoons of salt.

6. Bake covered at 325ยบ F for 5 hours, then remove cover and save juices.

7. Put oven on broil and let it brown.

8. Serve hot or cold in slices with some of the juice, or in sandwiches.