Roast Pork Leg in Coca Cola

Even though this pork roast takes 3 to 4.5 hours to cook it is moist, not dry like so many pork roasts that I have had in restaurants. My Mom always cooked this roast on special occasions when I was a child. I use this recipe on a lazy day; I pop it into the oven and forget about it for 3.5 hours. I serve this roast with marinated pineapple rings, potato salad, beetroot and a large green salad. Marinate the pineapple rings first thing in the morning then pop them onto a baking sheet for 20minutes when browning the roast.

• Ready In: 3 hrs 15 mins
• Serves: 4-6
• Yields: 1 Large roast

Ingredients

• roast leg of pork in Coca-Cola

• 3  kg  pork legs
• 20  ml  freshly ground salt
• 15  ml fresh ground black pepper
• 30  ml mustard powder
• 2  liters  Coca-Cola

• marinated canned pineapple ring

• 1⁄2 cup  cooking oil
• 50  ml white vinegar
• 3  teaspoons brandy
• 900  g pineapple rings
•  of fresh mint

Directions

1. Marinated canned pineapple rings.
2. Mix the cooking oil, vinegar, brandy and chopped mint together.
3. Drain the juice off of the pineapple rings.
4. Put the pineapple rings into a container with a lid pour the above mixture over the pineapple rings cover with lid and refrigerate.
5. Roast leg of pork in Coca Cola.
6. Preheat the oven to 120cC (250F).
7. Rub the salt, pepper and dry mustard powder into the leg of pork.
8. Place leg of pork in a roasting dish that has a lid, pour the Coca Cola over the pork leg cover roasting dish with lid, place in the oven and bake for 3 to 4 hours, remove the lid ½ hour before serving increase the oven temperature to 200C (425F) and brown the pork leg.While browning the leg of pork put the marinated pineapple rings onto a baking sheet, put into the oven and brown for 20 minutes.