Daddy Eddie's Roast Pork (Pernil), Puerto Rican-Style

Ingredients

• 10 cloves garlic , or more to taste
• 0.25 cups olive oil
• 3 tablespoons white vinegar
• 2 tablespoons dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1.5 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 5 pounds pork shoulder , trimmed of excess fat

Instructions

1. 1

   Gather all ingredients.

2. 2

   Combine garlic cloves, olive oil, vinegar, oregano, salt, and black pepper in a mortar and pestle; mash into a paste.

3. 3

   Cut deep slits into pork with a small knife. Stuff slits with garlic paste; rub any remaining paste over pork.

4. 4

   Place pork in a plastic roasting bag and put in a roasting pan with a rack. Let marinate in the refrigerator, 8 to 48 hours.

5. 5

   Take pork out of the refrigerator, uncover, and bring to room temperature, 1 to 2 hours.

6. 6

   Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

7. 7

   Roast pork skin-side down in the preheated oven until golden-brown, about 2 hours.

8. 8

   Flip pork and continue roasting, skin-side up, until juices run clear and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), 2 to 4 hours more.