Lechón Asado
- 8 pounds Pork Leg - Bone in
- 1 head Garlic
- 1 teaspoon Dried Oregano
- 1 teaspoon Dried Ground Cumin
- 1 Onion
- 3/4 cup Sour Orange Juice*
- 1/2 teaspoon Black ground Pepper
- 2 tablespoons Kosher Salt
- *Note: Sour Oranges are a special fruit you can get from many Hispanic markets or some produce sections. If you can't mix 1/2 orange juice with 1/2 lemon juice or look for Goya naranja agria
- Perforate Pork leg several times with a sharp knife to the bone, set aside in a sufficiently large roasting pan.
- Pound the garlic to remove all the cloves and mince it.
- In a bowl add minced garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, cumin and sour orange juice. Mix together.
- Push the mixture of garlic and spices into the perforations in the pork and pour the reamainder over the pork.
- Peel and slice the onion and cover the pork leg with the slices.
- Cover the pork with foil or cling wrap and allow to sit in refrigerator for a minimum of 12 hours, overnight or longer.
- All above can be done a day ahead.
- Preheat oven to 325F and bake pork on a center rack for 4 hours or until internal temperature is 170 degrees.
garlic, oregano, ground cumin, onion, orange juice, black ground pepper, kosher salt
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/lechon-asado-585be7a5427b17575654623c (may not work)