Roast Suckling Pig

Serves: 4

Carolyne Schoen

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

49

Spice

63

Sweetness

52

Sourness

46

mins

Prep time (avg)

6.9

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Oil

2 tbsps

Ginger (pureed)

1 cup

White Wine

12 cups

Chicken Stock

1

Salt

3 tbsps

Cumin Seed

6 tbsps

Paprika

1 cup

Canola Oil

2 tbsps

Garlic (pureed)

1 cup

Tequila

1 tbsp

Sugar

Directions:

1

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F

2

Heat the oil in a very large roasting pan set over medium heat and add the onions, carrots, celery, ginger, and garlic

3

Cook until the vegetables are softened but not browned, 10 to 12 minutes

4

Add the cloves, bay leaves, cinnamon, chile with seeds, wine, and chicken stock

5

Season the pig on all sides with salt and pepper

6

Set it in the roasting pan skin side up on top of the spices

7

Roast until the meat is fork-tender, especially checking the legs, 2 to 3 hours

8

When cool, remove all the bones by hand and lay the pig on a tray, pressing to flatten it

9

In a spice grinder, finely grind the cumin seeds, mustard seeds, peppercorns, cloves, and cinnamon

10

Mix in the paprika

11

Heat a 2 quart pot over medium heat

12

Add the canola oil and onions and cook until the onions are transparent, about 5 minutes

13

Add the ginger and garlic pastes, the ground spices, and the vinegar and cook, stirring constantly, for 8 minutes

14

Add the stock, wine, tequila, and sugar and bring up to a boil

15

Simmer for 20 minutes

16

Season to taste

17

This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant

18

The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results