Pork Carnitas with Garlic and Orange
The trick to these luscious carnitas is to pull the meat into successively smaller pieces as it roasts, exposing more and more surface to the oven’s heat for crisping. Slideshow: Wine Pairings for Mexican Food
November 2012
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© John Kernick
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Alcohol actually makes spicy food taste even hotter, so low-alcohol, lightly sweet wines are great; they’ll even cool off your palate. Try full-bodied German Kabinett Rieslings, which also have enough body to go with substantial meat dishes like these chile-pork carnitas.