YIELD: 6-8 servings | TIME: 7-9 hours | ACTIVE TIME: 25 minutes
Cuban Spiced Holiday Pork Roast with Apples and Lentils

Cuban Spiced Holiday Pork Roast with Apples and Lentils

Ingredients

Brine for pork roast

  • 1 qt water
  • 1 qt ice. This is to help the brine cool faster. You can substitute with cool water
  • ½ cup salt (if using Diamond Kosher or lighter salt, if using denser salt like Morton Kosher use ⅓ cup)
  • ¼ cup Sugar
  • 1 orange, sliced
  • 1 bunch of cilantro stems
  • 1 small sweet onion, sliced
  • 3 lbs Pork roast 

Sautéed apples and lentils

Pork roast

 

Directions

Brine

  1. Put quart of ice to the side and place remaining ingredients in a pot and bring to a boil
  2. Bring off heat, add ice, and allow to cool completely before placing pork roast into brine
  3. Once cooled and pork roast is submerged in brine, set in the refrigerator for 6-8 hours

Sautéed apples and lentils

  1. Heat pan over medium heat, coating hot pan with cooking oil
  2. Sauté onion, salt and season with This Little Goat went to Cuba
  3. Add sliced apples and butter
  4. Toss in cooked lentils and heat until warm
Pork roast
  1. Set air-fryer to 370 F
  2. Take pork out of brine and pat dry. Rub with This Little Goat went to Cuba
  3. Douse pork roast with preferred cooking oil
  4. Roast for 30 minutes at 370 F
  5. Reduce temperature to 325 F and allow to roast for another 15 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 145 F
  6. Let roast rest for 10 minutes before slicing
  7. Serve on top of sautéed apples and lentils

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