Blood Orange Roast Pork Loin
- blood oranges
- 1 3-pound boneless pork loin, rolled and tied
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 large onion, cut into 8 wedges
- 2 fresh rosemary sprigs, leaves stripped from stems, plus additional sprigs for garnish
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1/2 cup low-salt chicken broth
- 1 large garlic clove, pressed
- Blood orange slices
- Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 450F.
- Using vegetable peeler, remove peel (orange part only) in strips from 3 blood oranges.
- Place pork in large roasting pan.
- Rub with 2 tablespoons olive oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Toss onion, orange peel, and rosemary leaves with remaining 1 tablespoon oil in medium bowl; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Arrange onion mixture around pork.
- Roast until pork and onion are beginning to brown, about 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, squeeze enough juice from oranges to measure 3/4 cup; pour juice into small saucepan.
- Add wine, broth, and garlic.
- Boil until reduced to 1 1/4 cups, about 7 minutes.
- Add 1/2 cup orange juice mixture to roasting pan.
- Baste pork with pan juices.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350F; continue roasting pork until thermometer inserted into thickest part of pork registers 150F, basting often and adding more orange juice mixture as needed, about 30 minutes longer.
- Place pork on platter and cover loosely with foil.
- Place roasting pan over medium-high heat; add remaining 3/4 cup orange juice mixture to pan.
- Boil until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes.
- Remove strings from roast.
- Slice pork; place on platter.
- Pour sauce and onion mixture over and around pork.
- Garnish with rosemary sprigs and orange slices.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/blood-orange-roast-pork-loin-240673 (may not work)