Cuban Roast Pork Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
4 oz ham, smoked, chopped fine
4 oz bacon, chopped fine
8 oz onion, minced
1 oz capers, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
2 oz green olives, coarse chop
1 tbsp green chiles, minced
3 lb eye round roast
1 salt and pepper, to taste
2 oz bacon fat
8 oz stock
4 oz tomato sauce
1 tbsp vinegar
Recipe Preparation
Preheat oven to 350F.
Mix the first 7 ingredients to make a stuffing.
Make an incision 1 1/2" to 2" deep along the length of the roast
Stuff the stuffing into the incision. Salt and pepper the roast.
Brown the roast on all sides in bacon fat in a large heavy casserole
Add all the rest of the ingredients and cook in the oven for 2 1/2
hours or until the meat is very tender. Check once or twice to make
sure that the liquid is not boiling away. Add water or unsalted
stock as necessary.
Servings: 8
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