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Spicy Roast Pork Leg

For an interesting variation on a traditional Sunday lunch or dinner party centre-piece, why not try this Spicy Roast Pork Leg? The rub ingredients permeate deep into the meat and vegetables giving them a splendidly rich, exotic flavour - while the smell as it's cooking is wonderful!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Cuisine: Fusion
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 kg pork roasting joint
  • For the spice rub:
  • ½ tsp chilli powder
  • 1 Tbsp paprika
  • 1 Tbsp ground cumin
  • 1 Tbsp Italian herb mix
  • For under the joint:
  • 250 g mushrooms sliced
  • 500 g new potatoes roughly chopped
  • 2 onions chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves chopped
  • 3 Tbsp olive oil
  • Freshly ground salt and pepper

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C
  2. Mix the rub elements well together and put into a large freezer bag. Pop in the pork and tie the top. Give a good shake and rub the mix all over the joint.
  3. Spread the mushrooms, potatoes, onion and garlic over the bottom of a medium-large roasting tin. Drizzle over the olive oil, season and coat all vegetables well.
  4. Put the joint onto the vegetables and tuck them around it.
  5. Roast for about two hours, basting and turning occasionally.
  6. Serve with seasonal green vegetables.