Chirino Psito sto fourno (Greek Pork oven roast)

Today I was having back ache problems so my husband offered to do the cooking, so he cooked a  pork roast in the oven.

He doesn’ t cook often although he can cook some easy dishes.  When we used to work, I would work from 08:30 to 16:30  and my husband from 07:00 to 15:00, so I would do all the preparation of the meal in the morning and my husband, who came home first, would finish it up.

One of his favourite recipes, was Beef Bourgingnon and every now and then he keeps telling us that he will cook it for us. He found the recipe in an old copy book I had and he used to cook it ages ago and he liked it very much. I promise to dig it out and and see if he’ll cook it for us!!!

Today he preparated a Greek pork roast with lemony potatoes which suck all the lovely Greek flavours, from the olive oil, garlic and Greek oregano.

Chirino Psito sto fourno (Greek Pork oven roast)

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Roasting time: About 2 – 2 1/2 hours depending on oven

Serves: 6 persons

Ingredients:

• 1 kilo boneless pork leg
  
• 10 medium sized potatoes
• 1 cup Olive oil
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
  
• Salt, pepper, oregano
• 1- 2 cloves of garlic,inserted in the meat
• 11/2 cups of water

Directions:

1. Wash meat and make a slit and put the garlic inside.
2. Put it into a roasting pan. Peel and wash potatoes, which  first cut in halves and then each half , cut diagonally, into 2 – 3 pieces.   Season with salt, pepper and oregano both meat and potatoes.
3. Add olive oil, lemon juice and water.
4. Preheat oven at 180 degrees and roast on both sides for about 2 -2 1/2 hours.
5. Turn once and add more water if necessary.

Serve with a Greek salad and tzatziki or with a yoghurt mustard mixture:  250 ml yoghurt and 2 tsp mustard.

Note:   Instead of pork you can make the same recipe with chicken.

Tags: Easy recipes, Greek, Greek Herbs, Pork, Potatoes, Roast