Roast Pork Havana

Recipe courtesy of Norman Van Aken. From his book, Feast of Sunlight

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Total Time:
4 hr 47 min
Prep
15 min
Inactive
2 min
Cook
4 hr 30 min
Yield:
8 to 10 servings
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Ingredients

  • 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

Directions

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.

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  • on December 17, 2011

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    I have done this receipe many times, I forgot how many times I have done it. My friends always ask me for a copy of the receipe. I have lost it and came back to write it down again. It is so easy to pepare and is delicious. If you follow the instructions you will always have a very tender pork and tasty. My husband love it. I did one change and is in the amount of cumin, I use just a teaspon instead of a tablespoon (too strong for me this flavor. Hope you enjoy it too.

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  • on April 24, 2011

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    This was just like my friend Carlos, from Cuba, used to roast a whole pig when I lived in Florida. We had bitter orange trees growing around the bank down the street. Nobody at the bank would use them so they were glad we did. I now live in Texas and sure am glad I found this..

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  • on August 31, 2006

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    A quick and easy recipi to enjoy. :>

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