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Pork Loin Recipe ...Brine Pork Recipe
For this Pork Loin Recipe you will also need the pork brine recipe.
The brine recipe from my restaurant will all but guarantee the best
pork roast you have ever prepared.
At least my restaurant guests tell me they have never had any better.
The brine recipe is really what makes this a top secret restaurant recipe.
That and my restaurant recipe for pork gravy.
Pork Loin Recipe
Preparation time: Takes 2 1/2 hours to cook, depending on size (4-5 pounds) but roast needs to
marinate in pork brine for 12-24 hours. Serves 8.
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Ingredients:
One 4 pound boneless pork loin
Pork Brine (click the link for that recipe)
Sage Cranberry Dressing Recipe (if you want to serve your pork with this delicious dressing)
1 jar apple jelly (part of the secret)
Pork Gravy Recipe (again, click the link)
Instructions:
Make pork brine according to that recipe and marinate roast 12-24 hours
Heat apple jelly in a small sauce pan over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally until melted
(5-7 minutes) and set aside
After removing your roast from the brine and drying it with paper towels, place the roast in a
shallow roasting pan in a 400 degree F oven and brush apple jelly evenly over the surface of the
meat and roast it until it turns brown on top (about 20 minutes)
Remove the roast from the oven and using tongs or a meat fork, turn the roast so that the bottom
side faces up
Brush the roast again with apple jelly
Return the roast to the oven, reduce heat to 325 degrees F, cover and continue cooking until a
meat thermometer inserted into the middle of the roast registers 150 degrees F (about 1 – 1 1/2
hours)
When the roast is cooked, remove it to a carving board and let stand, loosely covered with foil
(about 15-20 minutes)
Make your gravy according to the Pork Gravy Recipe (have all ingredients ready to go)
Carve the meat into 1/4 inch – 1/2 inch thick slices
Serve the meat, dressing and gravy separately or place a scoop of dressing on each plate, tip the
meat slices against the dressing and ladle the gravy over
Serve to my restaurant recipe for oven-roasted acorn squash
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