Pernil is roasted pork shoulder seasoned to the max It is served with rice and beans salad or sweet plantains
Prep Time
9 hrs
Dificult
Medium
Servings
13 hrs 15 mins
Ingredients
Instructions
Gather all ingredients.
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Combine garlic cloves
olive oil
vinegar
oregano
salt
and black pepper in a mortar and pestle; mash into a paste.
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Cut deep slits into pork with a small knife. Stuff slits with garlic paste; rub any remaining paste over pork.
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Place pork in a plastic roasting bag and put in a roasting pan with a rack. Let marinate in the refrigerator
8 to 48 hours.
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Take pork out of the refrigerator
uncover
and bring to room temperature
1 to 2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
Roast pork skin-side down in the preheated oven until golden-brown
about 2 hours.
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Flip pork and continue roasting
skin-side up
until juices run clear and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C)
2 to 4 hours more.
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Recipe Tip
If you don't have a mortar and pestle
mash the garlic paste in a sturdy bowl with the back of a spoon.