Pork-Pina Hamonado

Ingredients:

• 1 kilo pork pigue, sliced thinly to make 2 pieces (tapa style)
• 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 1-1/3 tsp. iodized salt
• 2 tsp. praque powder (for 1/8 tsp. salitre)
• 200 grams pork fat, sliced into 8 strips
• 1 medium carrot, sliced into 12 strips
• 2 whole pickles, sliced into 12 strips
• 1 can (439 grams) pineapple chunks, drained (reserve syrup)
• 1 can (35 cl) pineapple juice

Procedure:

• Combine sugar, salt and praque powder or salitre.
• Rub mixture on pork.
• Spread pork and alternately arrange slices of pork fat, carrot, pickles and pineapple chunks until all ingredients are used up.
• Roll and tie firmly with crocheting thread.
• Combine dripping from pork, pineapple chunks syrup and pineapple juice then marinate meat overnight.
• Simmer meat in marinade for 1 hour.
• Remove thread from meat then chill if desired for ease of cutting.
• Continue simmering the marinade for 5 minutes or until thick and serve as sauce. Slice meat and arrange in a platter.

Via: ePilipinas