Carnitas!

Here is a quick recipe for you and your crockpot. I made these yeterday and they were DELICIOUS! 

I put the pork on homemade tortillas (see what not being employed does to me?), and topped it with some fresh cilantro, some mozzerella and fresh tomatillo salsa made from the tomatos we got in this weeks CSA box. Alas, I was so excited from smelling the carnitas that I forgot to take a picture.. but I thought I would share the recipe with you anyway. I'll even throw in the tortilla recipe if you are so inclined to make tortillas as well. Adam raved about them! If you are watching this season of Top Chef, you will recognize the recipe from the winning  challenge when they had to make school lunches.

Next time I promise to remember to take atleast one picture :)

Pork Carnitas
From Stephanie O'Dea at a Year of Slow Cooking
2 pounds pork shoulder ( I used boneless ribs because thats what I had on hand and they still turned out fine!)

1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice (about 1 large orange)
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (about 1 large lime)
7 cloves garlic (whole intact)
1/2 tablespoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon cumin
1/2 cup beef broth

The Directions.
Use a 6 quart slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the salt and cumin. Rub mixture all over the pork, then plop into the slow cooker. Add whole garlic cloves. Squeeze on the citrus, and pour the beef broth evenly over the top.
Cook on low for 8-10 hours, or until the pork shreds quite easily with a fork. If your meat is still fully intact after 8 hours, remove and cut into chunks, then return to the crock and flip to high for about an hour or two.

Shred meat fully and serve on warmed corn tortillas with desired toppings.

Oat Tortillas
By Kelly Liken Top Chef Season 7
¾ cup oats, pulverized (put them in your food processor and pulse about 10 times)

1 ½ cup AP flour
¼ cup olive oil
½ cup cold water
1 Tbl salt

Place dry ingredients in a stand mixer with dough hook. Add wet ingredients and knead for 5 minutes. Allow dough to rest for at least 20 minutes.

Make golf ball size balls from the dough.Then, if your like me and don't have a tortilla press to make them pretty, press them as flat as you can with your hands. Then give up and decide who needs a tortilla press when you have a rolling pin :) Roll out into tortilla spheres.

On a dry griddle over medium-high heat, cook tortillas until lightly brown