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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Puerto Rican

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 90 minutes, Preparation Time - 30 minutes

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| 1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). | 2. Place the garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, and olive oil into the container of a food processor or blender. Process until smooth. Use a small knife to make several incisions in the fresh ham. Insert the garlic paste into each one using a small spoon. Place the ham in a roaster, and cover. | 3. Bake for 1 1/2 hours in the preheated oven, then check every 15 minutes or so, until the internal temperature reaches 175 degrees F ( 80 degrees C) when taken with a meat thermometer. | 4. While the meat is roasting, place the yucca in a large pot of boiling water. Cook until fork tender, and drain. Serve with pork roast. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
garlic	8	cloves	peeled	35.76	7.9344	1.5264	0.12
salt	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/4	cup		69.27600000000001	17.6502	2.8676	0.8998
oregano	2	teaspoons	chopped	5.3	1.3784	0.18	0.0856
olive oil	3	tablespoons		358.02	0.0	0.0	40.5
pork picnic roast	1			-	-	-	-
yucca root	4		peeled sliced	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.