Marinated and Spiked Roast Leg of Pork

Name: Marinated and Spiked Roast Leg of Pork
Yield: Serves 12-15
Ingredients: 1 leg of port; 3 large garlic cloves; 2-inch (5 cm) piece of fresh ginger; grated rind and juice of 2 oranges; 3 tablespoons (3 x 15 ml spoons) whole-seed mustard; 4 tablespoons (4 x 15 ml spoons) thick honey; 3 teaspoons (3 x 5 ml spoons) ground coriander; 1 teaspoon (5 ml spoon) ground cloves; oil; caster sugar; sea salt, black pepper; sea salt, black pepper; caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves
12-15

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Cooking for Christmas

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1978

About

Prepare the pork the night before so that it has time to absorb the flavours of the marinade. I think this flavourful joint is best with a simple apple sauce and gravy made from the juices.

Ingredients

1 leg of port
3 large garlic cloves
2-inch (5 c

Main course
Christmas
December
Gluten-free

Method

Line a roasting pan with a large piece of foil which comes a long way over the edges of the pan. Using a very sharp knife, score the skin of the pork in a criss-cross pattern all over. Then insert the knife into the flesh of the pork in several places to make pockets for flavourings. Put the leg on t