Where do I find "bitter" orange juice for my pernil?

Answer 1

If you can't find it in your local Spanish store/bodega...try this:bitter orange juice = bigarade orange juice = Seville orange juice = sour orange juice Substitutes: Mix 1 part lime or lemon juice + 2 parts orange juice OR 2 parts grapefruit juice + 1 part lime juice + dash orange zest OR 2 parts lime juice + 1 page orange juice

Answer 2

Hi!
You have already been given recipes and solutions for the bitter.
But... why would you want a bitter pernil?
May I suggest a sweet sauce? I love sweet sauce with pork. (Or at least bitter sweet).

Try a honey based sauce. I promise you'll like it!

Goodluck!

Answer 3

"Bitter oranges" or Seville oranges might be found in a grocery store or a produce market that caters to a Caribbean-American population. I used to find them in Rockland County, NY at a greengrocer in a town where there were lots of people from Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. They're also used in a bunch of Mexican recipes - I never find them in the Mexican grocery stores I go to here in Texas, but you could look. They're also called "sour orange" or "naranja agria." If you can't find them, go with Ivy Lyn's suggestions.

Answer 4

Don't know what part of the country you are in but Goya Foods makes a bitter orange juice. It comes in a bottle like vinegar - on the grocery shelf not fresh. It is used in lots of boricua cooking. if you cannot find it, lemon juice will work.

Answer 5

just buy some Sunny D........ and stand there and yell at it for an hour........ that should make it bitter enough to use for your pernil........