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Afelia

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time12 hours 40 minutes
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Cypriot
Keyword: Food Recipes, Pleasures, Pork
Servings: 6 People

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ kg Pork Meat , Shoulder Butt, cut in 4 cm cubes
  • 4 tablespoons Seed Oil , such as Rapeseed or Canola
  • 4 tablespoons Coriander Seeds , roughly crushed with a mortar and pestle
  • 1 tablespoon Cumin , ground powder
  • 3 glasses red Dry Wine , about 450 ml
  • 75 ml Water
  • 1 teaspoon Sea Salt
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper

Instructions

  • The night before cooking the pork add in a bowl the pork, 3 tablespoons of coriander and 2 glasses of wine and mix well. Place the refrigerator covered with plastic wrap.
  • An hour before cooking the pork take them out of the refrigerator and add them in a colander to strain the marinade. Just before cooking pat dry the meat cubes.
  • Set a large heavy bottom non-stick saucepan or pot over medium-high heat and let it heat up for 2 minutes. Add the oil to the saucepan/pot and let this heat up for 1 minute. Add the meat and sear all sides until they get a nice color. Add the cumin and the remaining coriander and sauté for 5 more minutes while turning often.
  • Add the wine, reduce the heat to simmer, add the salt and cook uncovered for about 30 minutes until meat is tender. If needed add the water.
  • Take off the heat, season with the pepper and some more coriander and serve with Bulgur and Greek yogurt.