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Pork Leg Roast -Ready to Serve

Roast Pork Leg

The perfect weekend roast!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 4 lb Pork Leg bone in with skin that has been scored
  • 3 cloves Garlic
  • 1 whole Lemon juiced and zested
  • 4 bunches Fresh Rosemary
  • 1/4 cup Olive Oil
  • 2 cups White Wine dry
  • Salt & Pepper

Method
 

  1. Score roast and reason generously with coarse salt.
  2. Mix garlic, lemon, lemon zest, pepper and rosemary together with olive oil whisk until oil has emulsified.
  3. Rub paste all over pork and make sure to get it inside the scored slits and refrigerate for 12-48 hours.
  4. Remove roast from fridge and let roast sit at room temperature for about 2 hours before cooking.
  5. Place roast on roasting rack in roasting pan, add 2 cups of dry white wine to bottom of pan then place in oven that has been pre-heated at 450°F.
  6. Roast at 450ºF for 20 minutes then lower temperature to 350° and continue to roast for another 1-1.5 hours, or until roast has reached an internal temperature of 145°.
  7. Remove from oven and let sit at room temperature for 20-30 minutes before serving.

Notes

*Adapted from Martha Stewart's Leg of Pork with Cracklings