Roast Pork Havana
- 3/4 cup sour orange juice, or 3 ounces each orange and lime juice
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 2 bay leaves, broken in half
- 1 tablespoon freshly toasted and ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon freshly toasted and ground cumin seeds
- 3 large cloves garlic, sliced thin
- 1 (9-pound) fresh pork butt (not smoked), with skin removed
- Whisk together the juices, oil, spices, and sliced garlic.
- Now put the ham in a bag large enough to hold it and pour in the marinade.
- Tie up the bag.
- Let this marinate in the refrigerator for at least 2 days and up to 4 days.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Take the pork out of the marinade and put it into a Dutch oven or roasting pan, fat-side-up.
- Cover and cook for 1 1/2 hours.
- Turn it fat-side-down, cover and cook another 1 1/2 hours.
- Turn the meat one last time and cook 1 hour more.
- Now the meat should be almost falling off the bone.
- If it is not, it needs more time covered in the oven.
- Turn up the heat to 375 degrees F and cook, uncovered, 30 minutes to brown.
- Now remove the roast to a cutting board and allow it to rest a few minutes.
- Pull apart the pork with 2 large forks, degrease the remaining drippings from the roasting pan and pour the jus over it.
- Toss and serve.
sour orange juice, lime juice, olive oil, bay leaves, ground black pepper, cumin seeds, garlic, fresh pork butt
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/roast-pork-havana-recipe.html (may not work)