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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (4272)1/29/1999 11:10:00 PM
From: Savant  Respond to of 20693
 
Xtabentun (sp)
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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (4272)1/30/1999 11:16:00 AM
From: Savant  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 20693
 
GRUB............
2 leaves of plantain passed through the flame to soften them, 1½ kilograms of leg of pork, ½ kilogram of back of pork with ribs, 200 grams of recado of achiote (you can use the commercial one), 1 cup of juice of sour orange or half of vinegar and half of juice of sweet orange, ¼ of teaspoon of cumin powder, 1 teaspoon of dried oregano, 1 teaspoon of white pepper powder, ½ teaspoon of black pepper powder, ½ teaspoon of cinnamon powder, 5 fat peppercorns roughly ground, 3 cloves of garlic squeezed, ½ teaspoon of Chile piquín, (or red pepper powder) to taste, 125 grams of pork lard.
Salsa for accompaniment: 8 rabanitos very well washed and finely chopped, 1 purple onion chopped very finely, 4 habanero chiles chopped very finely (these are hot, you might want to use less, ½ cup of cilantro chopped very finely, 1 cup of juice of sour orange (found in the Bahamas/places south) or of vinegar, salt to taste. For 10 to 12 persons.
PREPARATION
Line an oven dish with the leaves of plantain, leaving these hanging out to be able to wrap the cochinita. The meat is placed on top of these. The achiote is dissolved in the sour orange, add the spices and with this bathe the meat. It is left to marinate nno less eight hours or for another day in the refrigerator. Pour on the melted pork lard, wrap very well in the leaves of plantain, cover with aluminum foil and place in the oven preheated to 345 F. for 1½ hours, or until so smooth that it falls apart. Take it out and serve it.
Salsa: mix all the ingredients and let rest three hours.
Salsa: begin to boil the jitomates and skin and mush them. Sautee the onion in the lard and add the jitomate and salt to taste. Mix well.
PRESENTATION
Serve wrapped in the same leaves of plantain accompanied by the salsa and tortillas freshly made.
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