Braised Pork With Cumin (Rojões) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs lean boneless pork, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 1/2 tablespoons lard
1 cup red wine
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons salt
fresh ground pepper
4 lemon slices
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon paprika

Preparation

Marinate your pork meat overnight, in the wine, garlic,salt, pepper, and crushed bayleaf, and the paparika. The next day in a skillet melt the lard over high heat, add the pork cubes (DRY well with a paper towel ) and brown.
them stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, and also regulating the heat so that they color quickly and evenly without burning. Stir in the marinate that remained along with the cumin add a little more salt if needed, and 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic. Bring to a boil. then cover and reduce heat to low and let simmer for 25 minutes or till pork.
is tender. Add in a little more wine if it looks to dry so that you'll have a nice thick sauce and cook for 5 minutes, stir in the fresh cilantro . Pour the pork into a heated platter, surrounded with boil potatoes or fried.
Decorate with lemon slices and black olives.
serve with a nice green salad on the side a bottle of red wine.
Enjoy.