Cuban Roast Pork

4 oz Ham, smoked, chopped fine
4 oz Bacon, chopped fine
8 oz Onion, minced
1 oz Capers, minced
1 Garlic Clove, minced
2 oz Green Olives, coarse chop
1 tb Green Chiles, minced
3 lb Eye Round Roast
Salt and Pepper, to taste
2 oz Bacon fat
8 oz Stock
4 oz Tomato sauce
1 tb Vinegar

Preheat oven to 350F.

Mix the first 7 ingredients to make a stuffing.

Make an incision 1 1/2" to 2" deep along the length of the roast

Stuff the stuffing into the incision. Salt and pepper the roast.

Brown the roast on all sides in bacon fat in a large heavy casserole Add all the rest of the ingredients and cook in the oven for 2 1/2 hours or until the meat is very tender. Check once or twice to make sure that the liquid is not boiling away. Add water or unsalted stock as necessary.

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