Puerto Rican Pork Roast Recipe

• 8 cloves Garlic (peeled)
• 1/4 cup Salt
• 1/4 cup Black Pepper
• 2 tsp fresh Oregano (chopped)
• 3 tbsp Olive Oil
• 10 pound Pork Picnic Roast
• 4 Yucca (Cassava) roots (peeled and sliced)

• Blend the garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, and olive in a food processor until smooth.
• Make small incisions into the ham and insert the garlic paste into them.
• Put the ham into a roaster and cover. Bake for 1 ½ hours in an oven preheated at 220 degrees C.
• Boil water in a large pot and place the yucca in it. Cook till the roots are tender, and drain.
• Serve the roots with the roast.