Balinese grilled roast

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 3 m.-large shallot(s)
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 piece(s) fresh ginger 3 cm
• ½ stalk lemongrass
• 1 small clove(s) or 1 pinch of clove powder
• 1 pinch of shrimp paste
• ½ tsp sambal oelek
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 1 ½ tsp coriander, ground
• 1 pinch of nutmeg
• ½ tsp black pepper, freshly ground
• 2 tsp palm sugar, or brown sugar
• 400 g suckling pig – back or pork loin
• Salt

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

Indonesia

Peel and finely chop the shallots and garlic. Peel and grate the ginger. Finely chop only the bottom part of the lemongrass. Crush the clove in a mortar. Mash the paste with the back of a spoon. Mix all the spices with the palm sugar and sambal oelek to form a thick paste. Cut a pocket into the roast and fill it with the spice paste. Seal the pocket with wooden skewers and wrap the kitchen string in a cross shape around the skewers, tying a knot at the end. Heat the grill and place the roast on a skewer. Grill for approximately 30-45 minutes. Remove the wooden skewers and string and carve the roast.