Cider-Roasted Pork Loin

Cider-Roasted Pork Loin
Cider-Roasted Pork Loin might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe has 224 calories, 26g of protein, and 5g of fat per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. If you have coriander seeds, kosher salt, sage, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the fresh rosemary you could follow this main course with the Vanilla Yogurt with Grape and Blueberry Compote with Honey and Fresh Rosemary: An Easy Breakfast or Dessert as a dessert.

Instructions

1
Combine the first 6 ingredients in a saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring until salt dissolves.
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Remove from heat; cool.
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Pour brine into a 2-gallon zip-top plastic bag.
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Add pork; seal. Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight, turning bag occasionally.
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Preheat oven to 35
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Bring 2 cups cider to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook until cider has thickened and reduced to 1/4 cup (about 15 minutes). Set aside.
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7
Remove pork from bag; discard brine.
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8
Place pork on rack of a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Lightly coat pork with cooking spray.
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Combine rosemary, sage, and black pepper; sprinkle evenly over pork.
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Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until thermometer registers 155, basting twice with cider reduction during final 20 minutes of cooking.
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Remove from oven; baste with remaining cider reduction.
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Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings8
Health Score14
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