Carnitas Pulled Pork

Ingredients

• Onion
• Salt
• Pepper
• 2 big tbsp taco seasoning
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• Tomato paste
• Chilies in adobo
• Water enough to make a paste
• Pork Shoulder
• Stock
• To serve: Tortillas, Lettuce, Sour cream, Guacamole, Salsa

Method

1. 1Heat over to 160.
2. 2Blitz first 8 ingredients in a food processor, till it's a paste. Remove fat from the shoulder and rub in the paste. Put in ovenproof dish with a lid. Cook for 2 hours. Add stock if needed about ½ way up pork – check to make sure it doesn’t dry out. Put back in for another 2 hours at least. Take the dog for a walk. Come back and make the accompaniments.
3. 3Goes well with green (tomatillo) salsa, refried beans and shredded lettuce.
4. 4Warm tortillas and serve pork straight from pot.
5. 5Red Fresh Salsa - blitz a small red onion with a tin of tomatoes, jalapenos and their vinegar (or fresh chillies and lime juice or vinegar). Add dried oregano and pinch of sugar, salt and pepper, smoked paprika and a few coriander leaves. Blitz, taste and adjust.
6. 6Chipotle Mayo – blend a couple of tablespoons of crème fraiche or sour cream with a squeeze of lime juice, salt and pepper and the juice from the chipotles in adobe (tsp) or chipotle hot sauce.
7. 7Refried beans – fry small finely chopped onion till soft. Add oregano and smoked paprika. Epazote if you can find it. Season well; add tin of refried beans and mix till warm