Herb-Brined Pork Prime Rib Roast

Name: Herb-Brined Pork Prime Rib Roast
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns; 2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns, crushed in mortar with pestle or in resealable plastic bag with mallet; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh thyme; 4 juniper berries; 3 kilograms center-cut pork rib roast (8-bone; about 12 to 14 inches long), well-trimmed; 177 milliliters fine sea salt; 355 milliliters sugar; 8 larges fresh thyme sprigs; 6 Turkish bay leaves, crumbled; 6 liters cold water, divided

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Herb-Brined Pork Prime Rib Roast From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. If you have sea salt, turkish bay leaves, center-cut pork rib roast, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert.

Instructions

Combine 1 quart water and all remaining ingredients in medium saucepan. Bring to boil, stirring until sugar and salt dissolve.

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Pour brine into wide pot or container large enough to hold pork (3- to 4-gallon capacity).

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Add remaining 5 quarts cold water; stir to blend.

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Let stand until brine is cool to touch, about 1 hour.

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Place pork on work surface. Trim off all but 1/4-inch layer of fat from roast. Turn roast over so that rib bones point up. Using boning knife and starting where meat meets rib bones, gradually cut loin away from rack of bones, leaving 2 inches of meat attached to bones (do not cut meat off bones completely). Tie meat back onto bones with kitchen string at 2-inch intervals.

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Place roast in brine, submerging pork completely and weighing down with heavy pot if necessary. Cover and refrigerate 5 days.

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Remove pork from brine; discard brine. Rinse pork under cold running water for 5 minutes to reduce saltiness; pat dry with paper towels.

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Place pork on rack set over sheet of foil; let stand at room temperature 2 hours.

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Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 400°F.

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Place pork on rack in large roasting pan.

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Mix thyme and crushed peppercorns in small bowl; sprinkle mixture over pork. Roast until instant-read thermometer inserted into center of pork registers 140°F, about 1 hour.

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