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Puerto Rican Pork Roast recipe

20 servings

Ingredients:

8 cloves garlic, peeled

1/4 cup salt

1/4 cup black pepper

2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 (10 pound) pork picnic roast

4 yucca (cassava) roots, peeled and sliced

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

Place the garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, and olive oil into the container of a food processor or blender.

Process until smooth.

Use a small knife to make several incisions in the fresh ham.

Insert the garlic paste into each one using a small spoon.

Place the ham in a roaster, and cover.

Bake for 1 1/2 hours in the preheated oven, then check every 15 minutes or so, until the internal temperature reaches 175 degrees F ( 80 degrees C) when taken with a meat thermometer.

While the meat is roasting, place the yucca in a large pot of boiling water.

Cook until fork tender, and drain.

Serve with pork roast.