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      Title: HOME-COOKED CARNITAS - CARNITAS CASERAS
 Categories: Mexican, Pork, Main dish, Ethnic
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
           Jim Vorheis
      4 tb Lard
      3 lb Pork, cut into 2-inch cubes
    1/2 md White onion, roughly sliced
      4    Fresh marjoram sprigs, or
           -scant 1/4 tsp dried
      4    Fresh thyme sprigs, or scant
           -1/4 tsp dried
      3    California bay leaves,
           -broken up
     10    Peppercorns, crushed
      1    Orange, cut into eighths
      1 c  Milk
           Sea salt to taste
 
  Heat the lard in a heavy pan, add the meat, and fry, stirring and
  turning it over from time to time, until lightly golden - about 8
  minutes. Add the onion and stir well. Cook for 8 minutes longer or
  until the meat is well browned (remove onion only if it has burned).
  Add the remaining ingredients, cover the pan, and cook over low heat
  until the meat is just tender, not falling apart - about 20 minutes,
  depending on the quality of the meat.  There should be plenty of pan
  juices. Remove the lid, increase the heat, and fry, stirring and
  scraping the bottom of the pan, until the juices have been absorbed -
  about 10 minutes.  Drain off the extra fat and serve.
  
  The Art of Mexican Cooking From the collection of Jim Vorheis
 
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