Name: Mojo pork skewers with Cuban coolers
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: 4 tbsp olive oil; 6 garlic cloves finely crushed; 1 tsp cumin seed lightly crushed; juice 2 oranges plus wedges to serve; juice 2 limes; generous pinch fresh thyme; 500g lean pork fillet diced; crushed ice; juice 5 limes plus 1 halved and sliced to serve; 85g caster sugar; 3 x 330ml bottles lager chilled; 1l bottle ginger ale, chilled

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Mojo pork skewers with Cuban coolers

Mojo pork skewers with Cuban coolers

Sara Buenfeld

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 5 mins

Plus marinating

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This orange Mojo sauce is great for marinading meat - serve as a snack with cooling beer cocktails or make more substantial with flatbreads and salad

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Ingredients

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4 tbsp olive oil
6 garlic cloves

finely crushed
1 tsp cumin seed

lightly crushed
juice 2 oranges

plus wedges to serve
juice 2 limes
generous pinch fresh thyme
500g lean pork fillet

diced

For the coolers

crushed ice
juice 5 limes

plus 1 halved and sliced to serve
85g caster sugar
3 x 330ml bottles lager

chilled
1l bottle ginger

ale, chilled

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal182
fat10g
saturates2g
carbs3g
sugars2g
fibre0g
protein21g
salt0.1g

low

Method

step 1

To make the skewers, pour the oil into a large heavy-based pan, add the garlic and cook over a low heat until cooked and starting to toast – take care not to burn. Tip in the cumin, stir briefly, then add the citrus juices, thyme and some seasoning. Allow to boil for several mins to concentrate and make a sauce. Cool.
step 2

Put your pork into a bowl, and stir in three-quarters of the cooled marinade. Leave to marinate for 1 hr at room temperature or overnight in the fridge.
step 3

When ready to serve, thread the pork onto 18 pre-soaked wooden skewers. Griddle for 2 mins on each side or until cooked. Arrange on a platter, pour over the remaining sauce and serve garnished with orange wedges.
step 4

To make the coolers, put a handful of crushed ice into each of 6 tall glasses. Stir the lime juice and sugar together until the sugar dissolves, then tip into the glasses. Divide the lager, then the ginger ale between the glasses, top with lime slices and serve with the pork skewers.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2012

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