Tacos of Carnitas Roasted with Orange, Milk, and Pepper

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    generously.
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Amor y Tacos

By Deborah Schneider

Published 2010

  • About

Many years ago, I worked with a cook who introduced me to this method of roasting pork with milk and fresh orange. Jose has long since retired to his little pueblo in Michoacan, but his recipe lives on in my kitchen simply because it so delicious. Pork cooked this way is moist and succulent, sweet from the natural caramelization of the milk, with the slightest hint of orange and black pepper. For an over-the-top garnish, crumble chicharrón (fried pork skin) on the soft roast meat for a pork