Pork roast. Inspired by Mr. Fernández

skunkmonkey101
skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101
Dover, Florida

Mr. Fernández is from Las Tunas Cuba he make the absolute best Cuban roast pork I have every tried this is a tribute to him its not as good as his if you ever had the pleasure of trying his Cuban roast pork you would be happy

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Ingredients

16 servings
  1. roast
  2. 5 3/4 lbBoston butt roast bone in frozen
  3. 1 cupsoft margarine
  4. 3 largesweet onions sliced not to thinly
  5. 1 lbsmokey bacon ends and pieces frozen
  6. 3 quartwater
  7. 1/2 cupkosher pickle juice, sour
  8. 1/2 cupgreen stuffed olives chopped
  9. spices
  10. 1/4 cupground cumin
  11. 1/4 cupgranulated garlic powder
  12. 1/4 cupsalt
  13. 2 tbspmarjoram
  14. 1 tspground black pepper
  15. 1/2 tspsaffron
  16. 2 tbspsaffron flowers
  17. 1/4 cupcelery salt
  18. 1/2 tspLawrys seasoned salt
  19. 2 tbsporegano whole leaf
  20. 1/4 cupHungarian paprika
  21. rice
  22. 4 cuplong grain rice
  23. 2 pintswater
  24. 2 tspsalt if needed just add to cup of water to incorporate it in at the end so salt will be not gritty stir in well

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven 350° Fahrenheit take frozen roast put in roaster fat side up add frozen bacon on each side smear the margarine on top of roast

  2. 2

    Add salt, garlic, pepper, oregano, marjoram, cumin on top of roast add half the water let cook 1 hour covered

  3. 3

    After an hour take out of oven open carefully not to burn yourself spread half the bacon on top of roast the rest spread out all around the roast same with the onions add remaining spices making sure most of spices are on top but make sure that some goes into the liquid also

  4. 4

    Add the other half of water stir the onions around thats on sides let cook 2 hours covered

  5. 5

    Add half of cup olives and half cup kosher pickle juice pour juice on top of roast when thinly coated add rest of juice to liquid on sides put olives on top of roast till covered a bit add rest to sides

  6. 6

    Add rice all around sides stir in cook covered for 45 minutes take out add two pints of water stir well get rice off bottom cook 20 more mintutes covered turn off oven let sit for thirty minutes

  7. 7

    See rice ingredients if rice needs salt after you cook

  8. 8

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