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Meat

Dominican Roast Pernil

Pork leg marinated in garlic and citrus, juicy and golden.

Gluten-free

180 minTime
8Servings
MediumDifficulty
Dominican RepublicCuisine

Ingredients

  • 2 kg pork pernil with skin
  • 8 garlic cloves
  • 1 onion
  • 100 g sour orange juice
  • 50 g lemon juice
  • 60 g olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper

Step-by-step

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  1. Put the garlic, the onion, the oregano, the cumin, the salt and the pepper in the mixing bowl and grind 10 sec/speed 7.
  2. Add the sour orange juice, the lemon juice and the oil and mix 10 sec/speed 5 until a homogeneous marinade.
  3. Make deep cuts in the pernil and smear it well with the marinade inside and out.
  4. Cover and let it marinate in the fridge at least 8 hours, ideally overnight.
  5. Place the pernil in a dish with the skin facing up and roast at 160°C for 2 hours and 30 minutes covered with aluminum foil.
  6. Remove the foil, raise the oven to 200°C and roast 30 minutes more so the skin becomes crispy.
  7. Let it rest 15 minutes before carving and serve with moros or white rice.

Tips

  • If you can't get sour orange, mix orange juice with a little lemon.
  • The long marinade is key to a flavorful pernil.
  • Reserve the juices from the dish to baste the meat when serving.

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