Recipe Puerto Rican Pork Roast (Pork)

Required 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

Preparing/Cooking:

• 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.

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