Braised Pork With Cumin (Rojões)
photo by MaryMc
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 2 lbs lean boneless pork, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons lard
- 1 cup red wine
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 teaspoons salt
- fresh ground pepper
- 4 lemon slices
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 tablespoon paprika
directions
- Marinate your pork meat overnight, in the wine, garlic,salt, pepper, and crushed bayleaf, and the paparika. The next day in a skillet melt the lard over high heat, add the pork cubes (DRY well with a paper towel ) and brown.
- them stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, and also regulating the heat so that they color quickly and evenly without burning. Stir in the marinate that remained along with the cumin add a little more salt if needed, and 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic. Bring to a boil. then cover and reduce heat to low and let simmer for 25 minutes or till pork.
- is tender. Add in a little more wine if it looks to dry so that you'll have a nice thick sauce and cook for 5 minutes, stir in the fresh cilantro . Pour the pork into a heated platter, surrounded with boil potatoes or fried.
- Decorate with lemon slices and black olives.
- serve with a nice green salad on the side a bottle of red wine.
- Enjoy.
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Mia 3
Portugal
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