January Pork Recipes

JANUARY PORK

Steps:

• Combine the olive oil, juniper berries, garlic, clove and pepper in a food processor.
• Process until finely chopped.
• Put the pork in a dish large enough to hold it and rub the entire surface with the mixture.
• Lightly cover and let marinate in the fridge for 18 to 24 hours.
• Next day preheat oven to 325°F.
• Transfer the pork and marinade to a shallow roasting pan.
• Sprinkle the meat lightly with salt and set the bay leaf on top of the roast.
• Roast For 1 hour and 50 minutes or until internal temperature of 155°F.
• Baste the meat with the pan juices and the wine adding the wine in thirds: the first third goes over the pork after the first 30 minutes of cooking.
• Add another third after 20 minutes and another third is poured over the meat after 10 minutes.
• Add a little water if the pan juices threaten to burn.
• Once the meat is done cooking remove it and place on a platter and keep warm.
• Degrease the pan juices and keep them hot as well.
• If the pan juices are skimpy,set the pan over high heat and stir in the broth.
• Simmer the juices as you scrape up the brown bits.
• Taste for seasoning and keep warm.
• Thinly slice the pork and arrange it on a warm platter.
• moisten with pan juices and serve hot.

DAD'S BASIC MOIST PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Combine oil, pepper, and salt in a bowl; rub oil mixture over pork and refrigerate while oven preheats.
• Preheat an oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C).
• Place a roasting rack in a large roasting pan; arrange pork on the roasting rack.
• Roast in preheated oven until pork with browned, about 30 minutes. Remove pork from oven and reduce oven heat to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Allow pork to rest uncovered at room temperature for 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read between 115 degrees F (46 degrees C) and 140 degrees F (60 degrees C).
• Return to oven and continue to cook until pork is slightly pink in the center, 15 to 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
• Let the roast stand uncovered at room temperature for 15 to 20 minutes before slicing and serving.