Cream Puffery Pastry Shop & Cafe Puerco Asado

Source: Chef Amy DeWitt, The Cream Puffery Pastry Shop & Cafe, Boulder, Colorado

It's excellent served with port wine gravy, black beans and rice.

For the pork :
1 (2 1/2 pound) pork sirloin, shoulder or leg roast

For the mojo:
1 head garlic, peeled
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon oregano
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 cup key lime juice

To make the mojo, place all ingredients in a food processor and grind to a smooth paste.

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Slather pork with mojo. Marinate in refrigerator at least 2 hours to overnight. Place pork with mojo (do not try to discard) in roasting pan. Put into oven for 15 minutes. Lower heat to 325 degrees F; allow pork to roast until an internal temperature of 170 degrees F is reached, approximately 30 to 40 minutes.

Rest roast for 10 minutes. Slice and serve.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.