Pork Loin Roast with Fennel-Garlic Rub

Name: Pork Loin Roast with Fennel-Garlic Rub
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon black peppercorns; 237 milliliters dry white wine; 2 teaspoons fennel seeds; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme; 4 cloves tablespoons chopped garlic; 1 Tbsp kosher salt; 3 kilograms bone-in pork loin roast; 2 Tbsps cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 237 milliliters water

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Pork Loin Roast with Fennel-Garlic Rub a try. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 33% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 77g of protein, 17g of fat, and a total of 505 calories. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and primal diet. If you have kosher salt, water, fennel seeds, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the water you could follow this main course with the Watermelon-Peach Slushies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 5 hours.

Instructions

Mince and mash garlic, salt, and thyme to make a paste with a large heavy knife and transfer to a small bowl.

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Garlic

Ground Meat

Thyme

Salt

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Bowl

Grind fennel seeds and peppercorns in spice grinder until finely ground and stir into garlic paste.

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Fennel Seeds

Garlic Paste

Peppercorns

Rub paste all over meat and fat side of roast, pressing to adhere.

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Meat

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place, fat side up, in a small roasting pan or a (13- by 9-inch) baking pan and marinate in the fridge, loosely covered, for at least to 2 and up to 6 hours.

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Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before roasting.

Preheat oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Put roast in a small roasting pan fat side up (if it isn't in roasting pan already) and pour wine and water into bottom of pan.

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Water

Wine

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Roasting Pan

Roast pork in middle of oven (or lower third if making whole menu) until an instant read thermometer inserted into center of meat (do not touch bone) registers 140°F, about 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours.

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Pork Roast

Bone

Meat

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Oven

Remove roast from oven and let rest, loosely covered with foil, in roasting pan 25 to 30 minutes (internal temperature will go up 10 degrees while meat is resting).

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Meat

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Roasting Pan

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Transfer the roast to a cutting board, and using a long knife, cut meat from bone in one piece. Slice into 1/2-inch thick slices, keeping slices together.

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Bone

Meat

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Cutting Board