½ cup orange juice
½ cup white vinegar
2 Tb. salt
8 cloves of garlic
Juice of 5 lemons
Splash of tequila
5 pounds pork butt
Banana leaves and heavy-duty aluminum foil
Place the annatto, cumin, peppercorns, allspice and cloves in a spice or coffee grinder and grind to a fine powder.
Carefully remove the seeds and veins from the habaneros and chop.
Place the orange juice, vinegar, habaneros, salt and garlic in a blender or food processor until liquefied. Add the lemon juice and tequila.
Cut the pork into 2-inch chunks. Place in a large, self-sealing plastic bag with the marinade. Seal bag and turn to evenly coat the meat. Marinate for up to 24 hours.
Heat oven to 325 degrees. Remove the meat from the marinade and wrap tightly in banana leaves so no steam can escape. Do a second wrap with aluminum foil. Place packet in roasting pan and roast four hours.
The only thing I would do differently next time is wrap the pork tighter in the banana leaves (it could have been moister) and add more salt to the recipe.
Here are some of the steps, illustrated with photos:
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