Garlic Crusted Pork Loin With Grand Marnier Roasted Sweet Potato

"One of my favorite ingredients to cook with is Grand Marnier, I think it has the best flavor for so many things! I roasted this pork loin with garlic on a bed of sweet potatoes in place of a rack. If you use a "traveling" roast pan, this doesn't even create too many dishes!!! I hope you enjoy!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 30mins
Ingredients:
14
Yields:
1 pork loin
Serves:
8-10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Let the pork stand out while you chop the sweet potatoes to prepare for cooking. Place the cubed sweet potatoes covering the bottom of a roasting pan to create a rack/bed for the pork loin to sit on.
  • Using a sharp knife, score the fat that covers the top of the pork into square shapes. Place the pork, fat side up, on top of the sweet potatoes.
  • In a glass bowl; mash the chopped garlic with a fork then add the 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1/8 tsp nutmeg, and 2 tsp olive oil. Continue mashing into a sort of paste. Stir well to combine and then rub the garlic mixture into the fat on the pork and get into the scores real well.
  • In another bowl; mix the honey with the orange zest and juice, Grand Marnier, 1/8 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp pepper, 1/8 tsp nutmeg, and 2 TBSP olive oil.
  • Stir until all is dissolved then pour all around the pork over the sweet potatoes.
  • Slice the other orange and place slices all around the pork on the sweet potatoes.
  • Place in the oven, uncovered, and roast for 1 1/2 hours.
  • Turn the pan and stir the sweet potatoes a little bit about midway thru cooking.
  • Roast until the internal temperature reaches 150-155 degrees F when a meat thermometer is inserted. (Never cut meat to check doneness because it dries it out--get a meat thermometer they are worth it!).
  • Cover the meat with foil and let it rest for 15-20 minutes before cutting to serve. (Meat that is sliced immediately dries out, you want the juices to redistribute. Also, the meat's temperature will rise at least 5 more degrees while resting and then it will be a perfect 160 degrees F!).
  • Serve on a platter surrounded by the sweet potatoes and orange slices!

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