Tuscan Roast Pork With Fennel

Name: Tuscan Roast Pork With Fennel
Prep time: 2 h 45 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 medium bunches fennel, stalks and fronds removed; 59 milliliters chopped fresh rosemary, plus 3 sprigs; 6 cloves garlic, minced; 1 lemon, halved; 3 kilograms bone-in center-cut pork loin rib roast (about; 0 teaspoons red pepper flakes; 8 servings Fine sea salt

Tuscan Roast Pork With Fennel is a gluten free, dairy free, and primal main course. This recipe makes 8 servings with 642 calories, 69g of protein, and 38g of fat each. This recipe covers 33% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of sea salt, pepper flakes, garlic, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the sea salt you could follow this main course with the Raspberry Sea Salt Brownies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Toss the garlic, chopped rosemary, 1 tablespoon salt and the red pepper flakes in a small bowl. Make 3/4-inch-deep cuts between the rib bones of the pork. Stuff some of the garlic mixture into each cut. Rub the lemon halves over the pork, then rub with the remaining garlic mixture. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Rosemary

Garlic

Lemon

Pork

Salt

Wrap

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Bring the pork to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Position a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F.

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Pork

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Oven

Cut each fennel bulb in half, then cut each half into wedges. Scatter the fennel and rosemary sprigs in a medium roasting pan (it's best if the roast fits snugly in the pan).

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Fennel

Rosemary

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Roasting Pan

Place the pork in the roasting pan on top of the fennel, fat side up, and roast until a thermometer inserted into the center of the pork registers 145 degrees F, about 1 hour, 45 minutes.

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Fennel

Pork

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Roasting Pan

Kitchen Thermometer