Rosemary Roast Pork
- 3 12 lbs pork loin roast
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons garlic, fresh, chopped
- 14 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 teaspoon rosemary
- 12 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 8 ounces beef broth, canned
- Brine pork roast 1 day ahead: mix 1/2 cup salt with 1 gallon water.
- Immerse pork roast into salt water, cover and refrigerate up to 24 hours.
- Two hours before serving time: remove roast from brine; pat dry.
- It's OK to have a thin fat layer for the top of the roast, which will tenderize it.
- Allow pork to come to room temperature about 1/2 hour while you are making the herb rub.
- Make herb rub by combining olive oil, garlic, parsley, rosemary and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Dice onion; place in bottom of 9x13 pan that has been sprayed with Pam.
- Cover pork roast on all sides with herb mixture.
- Place coated roast on top of onions, fat side up.
- Roast in 350 oven, covered, for 1/2 hour.
- Then uncover, insert meat thermometer and roast uncovered until pork hits 155 degrees, about 30 more minutes (it will rise to 160 after you remove it from the oven).
- Remove roast from oven - remove all dripping from the pan and keep roast covered with foil while you make gravy.
- Gravy: Allow fat to rise to the top of the drippings - discard fat layer.
- I had about 1/2 cup defatted drippings (the cooked onions add to the flavor so I like to keep them in the gravy).
- Add drippings to sauce pan.
- Mix 2 T. cornstarch with 8 ounce canned beef broth and pour into saucepan with drippings.
- Bring to boil and simmer until gravy is thickened.
pork loin roast, onion, olive oil, garlic, fresh parsley, rosemary, ground pepper, cornstarch, beef broth
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/rosemary-roast-pork-291704 (may not work)