Pork Loin Roast
"From my MIL"
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 4 lbs pork loin
- 1⁄2 cup celery, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup green pepper, chopped
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 2 leaves rosemary
directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Make slits, with a sharp knife, all over the roast.
- Chop vegetables, mix with garlic, and insert vegetables into slits in roast (a table knife works fairly well).
- Mix spices (crush the rosemary leaves with a mortar & pestle OR carefully mince a couple fresh leaves) & rub over entire roast (wearing gloves helps them stick to the roast & not your hands).
- Sear top & bottom of roast in combination of 3 T butter AND 3 T olive oil.
- Roast, uncovered, at 375* for 15 minutes.
- Reduce oven temp to 225* F & continue roast until center reaches 138* F. This should be about an hr, but check at 30 min, and again at 45 minute.
- Remove from oven, wrap with foil, and let rest for 15 minutes.
- (The roast should reach 143 - 145* F after the rest. In case there is any question about this temperature: USDA lowered the "safe" temp for pork to 145* F in 2011. Trichinae die at 137* F).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DH of 32 years & I are (most of the time) empty nesters, with 2 DD & 2 DS (ages 29, 27, & twins 23). Have lived in the Sioux Falls, SD area since 1984.
As the oldest daughter of a working mom, having to get supper started was the beginning of my love of cooking. Learning & experimenting with what to "throw in" is half the fun, and anyone who says they can't cook is really saying they don't have the patience or interest (IMHO)! ;-) Using fresh produce from the garden is absolutely my favorite thing to do - winter in South Dakota can get loooong with "cardboard" produce from the grocer. Having grown up in the service, we were exposed to lots of different cultural foods. With a mom who also loved to cook, variety & trying new foods was a true treat!
DD (grrrl genius) joined RecipeZaar at the same time I did, and she'd like me to get *all* my recipes uploaded and use the site, rather than my sending paper copies. We'll see how quickly I accomplish that !
