
Ingredients
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Method
- The day before: crush the garlic cloves and cut one onion into chunks. In a tray that fits the meat, mix the beer, garlic, onion, bay, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper. Make slits in the pork leg with the tip of a knife, put it in the marinade, cover with foil and refrigerate for about 12 hours (at least 4), turning it twice.
- Take the tray out of the fridge 20 minutes ahead and preheat the oven to 160 °C. Check the foil is tightly sealed and roast for 2 hours 15 minutes without opening, until a knife tip slides in easily.
- Uncover carefully (there is steam), baste the meat with the juices, raise the oven to 200 °C and roast uncovered for 25 to 30 more minutes until golden. Move it to a board, cover with the foil and rest for 10 minutes. Strain the tray juices and set aside.
- While the meat roasts, slice the other two onions into half-moons, the peppers into strips and the tomatoes into thin seeded wedges. In a frying pan over medium heat, warm the olive oil and cook the onion and peppers for 10 minutes until soft; add the tomato and 150 ml of the strained juices and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Slice the pork thinly across the grain and turn the slices through the pan with the onions and peppers to warm in the juices.
- Split the rolls and toast the cut sides in a pan or under the grill. Fill with the pork and the pepper-and-onion mix, spoon over a little of the juices and serve.
Shopping tip
Ask the butcher for a boneless piece of pork leg (or shoulder, fattier and juicier). Brazilian pão francês is papo-seco.
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