Herb Brined Pork Prime Rib Roast Recipe Epicuriouscom

HERB-BRINED PORK PRIME RIB ROAST

Steps:

• For brine:.
• Combine 1 quart water and all remaining ingredients in medium saucepan.
• Bring to boil, stirring until sugar and salt dissolve.
• Pour brine into wide pot or container large enough to hold pork (3- to 4-gallon capacity).
• Add remaining 5 quarts cold water; stir to blend.
• Let stand until brine is cool to touch, about 1 hour.
• For pork:.
• Place pork on work surface.
• Trim off all but 1/4-inch layer of fat from roast.
• Turn roast over so that rib bones point up.
• Using boning knife and starting where meat meets rib bones, gradually cut loin away from rack of bones, leaving 2 inches of meat attached to bones (do not cut meat off bones completely).
• Tie meat back onto bones with kitchen string at 2-inch intervals.
• Place roast in brine, submerging pork completely and weighing down with heavy pot if necessary.
• Cover and refrigerate 5 days.
• Remove pork from brine; discard brine.
• Rinse pork under cold running water for 5 minutes to reduce saltiness; pat dry with paper towels.
• Place pork on rack set over sheet of foil; let stand at room temperature 2 hours.
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 400°F
• Place pork on rack in large roasting pan.
• Mix thyme and crushed peppercorns in small bowl; sprinkle mixture over pork.
• Roast until instant-read thermometer inserted into center of pork registers 140F, about 1 hour.
• Remove from oven.
• Let roast rest 30 minutes (internal temperature of roast will increase 5 to 10 degrees).
• Remove kitchen string from roast.
• Cut meat into slices and serve.

HERBED RIB ROAST

Steps:

• Prepare roast:
• Trim all but a thin layer of fat from roast. Grind peppercorns and bay leaves with salt to a powder in an electric coffee/spice grinder, then transfer to a mortar. Add garlic, thyme, and rosemary, then pound to a smooth paste with pestle. Stir in oil. Rub paste all over roast. Transfer roast to a rack set in a small flameproof roasting pan. Marinate, covered and chilled, at least 8 hours.
• Cook roast:
• Let roast stand at room temperature 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Roast beef in middle of oven 20 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350°F and roast beef until a thermometer inserted into center of meat registers 110°F, 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours more. Transfer beef to a large platter and let stand, uncovered, 25 minutes. (Meat will continue to cook, reaching about 130°F for medium-rare.)
• Make jus:
• Skim fat from pan juices. Add broth, rosemary, thyme, and garlic and deglaze pan by simmering on top of stove over moderate heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits. Transfer to a small saucepan and add any juices that have collected on platter. Gently simmer 10 minutes. Skim fat and season jus with salt and pepper.
• Put slices from roast and serve with jus.