This is a recipe that I got from my Auntie Pat.  It is a favorite cookie and great for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

This recipe is used to make several meals worth of carnitas.  I do not make the tomatillo salsa that is part of the original recipe.

When making for tacos finely chop 1/4c cilantro with 1/2 of a finely chopped onion.

Make with homemade tortillas.

Have been hearing a lot about branzino and found whole branzino at Sam’s Club so had to give it a try.  Filleting the fish was a bit of a challenge for a first time, but got two nice filets for the two of us.  Made the full recipe for the sauce.

Recipe serves 8 to 10.  Made for Thanksgiving dinner.  Thinking about making it after Thanksgiving with leftover chunks of smoked chicken.

No idea how this is going to turn out as I was combining a couple of recipes and really just winging it.  Crossing my fingers.

I used homemade pumpkin purée from a sugar pumpkin we got in our final CSA box.