Roast Pork Marinated in Garlic Allspice-Cumin Adobo: Cerdo Brujo
- 1 head garlic, separated into cloves and peeled
- 2 teaspoons black peppercorns
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons allspice berries or ground
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 3/4 cup bitter orange juice (juice of about 6 oranges) or a mixture of orange juice and lime juice
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup sweet sherry or port, for deglazing
- 1 (8 to 9 pound) leg of pork
- 1 teaspoon salt
- For the marinade: Place all the ingredients except the juice in a large mortar and pound to a paste with a pestle.
- Stir in the bitter orange juice.
- If desired puree these ingredients in a blender or food processor.
- Set aside.
- For the pork: Trim the skin only from the back of the leg.
- Wipe the leg of pork clean.
- Make several deep incisions all around the leg, except for the skin.
- Rub with salt.
- Allow to rest for a few minutes.
- Rub pork all over with the marinade, pushing it in the deep gashes made all over the leg.
- Cover with plastic film and refrigerate, preferably overnight or for a couple of hours.
- Wipe the marinade from the skin with a clean cloth.
- Cooking the pork: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Place the leg on a roasting pan.
- Bake uncovered with the skin side up for about 4 hours.
- Check the roast often, add some orange juice, and water if the pan juices dry out.
- Cook until the skin is like a crackling and the juices run clear when the meat is pierced on the thickest part of the leg (about 160 degrees F on a meat thermometer), about 3 1/2 hours
garlic, black peppercorns, ground cumin, ground, salt, orange juice, orange juice, sweet sherry, pork, salt
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/roast-pork-marinated-in-garlic-allspice-cumin-adobo-cerdo-brujo-recipe.html (may not work)