This was a 3 way effort between Kevin Kruger, Luis Rosario (Louie), and Myself. Special Thanks to Kevin and Louie for helping me put this whole thing together.
Tonight I made up the Achiote oil, marinade and skinned the picnic. Man did that marinade smell awsome. Start to finish all dishes, knives, cutting boards and the Oster washed 45 min. So it's not all that involed and was medium easy to do if anybody was wondering. If you haven't done alot of skinning of pork, meat, fish, etc. that part will prob slow you down some. Just remember to use a very sharp knife, I used my Wusthof filet knife that I just sharpened before the skinning part. Took about 2.5-3 min to skin it. In the pics you can see it's still attached by about a 1/2" piece. I made many 1-2" long slits about 1/2-3/4" deep on all sides. After I worked the marinade in all the slits I made into the meat and all over the entire picnic, I wrapped it up in wide saran wrap, and then into a 2 gal Zip bag with as much air removed as possible. Saturday I cook.
I will post the recipe and all the instructions/directions sometime Saturday or Sunday, once eveything is complete.
Link to Pernil Pork Pictures
Tonight I made up the Achiote oil, marinade and skinned the picnic. Man did that marinade smell awsome. Start to finish all dishes, knives, cutting boards and the Oster washed 45 min. So it's not all that involed and was medium easy to do if anybody was wondering. If you haven't done alot of skinning of pork, meat, fish, etc. that part will prob slow you down some. Just remember to use a very sharp knife, I used my Wusthof filet knife that I just sharpened before the skinning part. Took about 2.5-3 min to skin it. In the pics you can see it's still attached by about a 1/2" piece. I made many 1-2" long slits about 1/2-3/4" deep on all sides. After I worked the marinade in all the slits I made into the meat and all over the entire picnic, I wrapped it up in wide saran wrap, and then into a 2 gal Zip bag with as much air removed as possible. Saturday I cook.
Link to Pernil Pork Pictures