Garlic Pork (Gene Watkinson) - Family de Freitas

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Garlic Pork (Gene Watkinson)
3-4 lb leg of lean pork
(just a little fat)

2 pints vinegar
1 bunch thyme
4-6 cloves

½ lb garlic
6-8 wiri-wiri peppers
4 tsp salt

  1. Cut the pork into suitably sized pieces and steep in ¼ pint vinegar and ¼ pint water. Lift out individual pieces using two forms and continue to steep in cooking pot with a similar mixture.
  2. Pound together the pepper, garlic and mixed thyme (bread leaf and fine leaf).
  3. Add to the remaining vinegar and then add the salt and cloves.
  4. Pour over the pork making sure that there is enough liquid to cover the pork completely.
  5. Leave to soak for 3 to 4 days.
  6. To serve, boil the pork in a mixture containing have pot liquid and half water. Transfer the pork to a covered pan and fry or bake.

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