Chirino Psito (Roasted Pork)
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.
Arni / Katsiki Psito (Roasted lamb or goat)
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!!!
Kotopoulo Psito (Roasted Chicken)
«Psito» means roast and «sto fourno» means baked in the oven. Today he preparated a Greek Chirino Psito sto Fourno (pork roast) with lemony potatoes which suck all the lovely Greek flavours, from the olive oil, garlic and Greek oregano. You can prepare this roast with chicken, lamb or goat just the same way. If you don’t like garlic you can omit it.
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:
- Wash meat and make a slit and put the garlic inside.
- 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.
- Add olive oil, lemon juice and water.
- Preheat oven at 180 degrees and roast on both sides for about 2 -2 1/2 hours.
- 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.
Tags: Chicken, Easy recipes, goat, Greek, Greek Herbs, Lamb, Pork, Potatoes, Psito, Roast, sto fourno
