Tuscan Style Pork Roast Arista Recipes

TUSCAN ROAST PORK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 225°F (110°C) and position a rack in the center of the oven.
• Meanwhile, in the bowl of a small food processor, combine the garlic, rosemary, sage, anchovy (if using), and 3 tablespoons oil and process until a coarse paste forms. (Alternatively, you can use a mortar and pestle.)
• If desired, use kitchen string to tie the pork tightly crosswise about every 2 inches (5 cm). You can slip the bay leaves under the twine if you like. If you do not tie your pork, but wish to use bay leaves, simply carve a couple slits in the pork and tuck the bay leaves into the slits.
• Season the pork on all sides with the salt, rubbing the meat to coat it.
• In a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons oil until shimmering. Add the pork and sear, starting with the fatty side and using tongs to turn it, until dark golden brown on all sides, 8 to 10 minutes total. Turn off the heat and let the pork in the skillet.
• Using an offset spatula or pastry brush, coat the pork with the herb mixture. If you're the sort who likes the punch of raw garlic, reserve 1 tablespoon of the herb mixture to coat the pork after it comes out of the oven.
• Transfer the skillet to the center rack in the oven and roast until the meat is tender and the internal temperature is around 180°F (82°C), 2 to 3 hours. (Rest assured, if you just got alarmed at those numbers, that although this is a much higher internal temperature than we typically cook pork, it works.)
• Remove the skillet from the oven. If desired, brush the top and sides of the pork with the reserved 1 tablespoon herb mixture. Let the pork cool for at least 5 minutes.
• Transfer the pork to a cutting board, reserving the cooking juices in the skillet. Remove and discard the string and bay leaves, if using.
• Slice the pork very thinly (about 1/8 inch | 4 mm thickness) and arrange the slices on a serving platter. Drizzle with the juices and herbs from the pan. Serve warm or at room temperature.

TUSCAN PORK ROAST

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine the garlic, rosemary, oil and salt; cover and process until mixture becomes a paste. Rub over the roast; cover and let stand for 30 minutes. , Place roast fat side up on a greased baking rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until a thermometer reads 145°. Let meat stand for 10 minutes before slicing.

TUSCAN-STYLE ROAST PORK WITH ROSEMARY, SAGE, AND GARLIC

Steps:

• In a 3- to 4-quart saucepan, combine the salt, sugar, garlic, and herb sprigs with 2 cups of water. Stir over high heat just until the salt and sugar dissolve. Add 6 more cups of water and cool to room temperature. Transfer to a large container, add the pork, cover, and refrigerate for 8 to 18 hours.
• Put the garlic, rosemary, sage, 1 Tbs. salt, and 1 tsp. pepper in a large mortar and pound to a coarse paste with the pestle. Add the oil and use the pestle to work it into the garlic paste. If you don't have a mortar and pestle, combine all the ingredients in a mini food processor and pulse into a coarse paste.
• Remove the pork from the brine and pat it dry (discard the brine). Butterfly the pork loin by making a horizontal slit down the length of the loin, cutting almost through to the other side. Open the meat like a book. Spread half of the herb paste over the inner surface of the roast; then fold it back to its original shape. Tie the roast at 1-inch intervals with butcher's twine and then spread the remaining herb paste over the entire outer surface.
• Set up a grill for indirect rotisserie cooking according to the manufacturer's instructions. Heat the grill to 350°F. When ready to cook, skewer the roast lengthwise on the rotisserie spit and let it rotate on the grill, covered, until an instant-read thermometer inserted near the center of the roast registers 145°F, 35 to 45 minutes.
• If you don't have a rotisserie, set up your grill for indirect grilling. Heat the grill to 350°F. Put the roast in the cool zone on the grill, and cook as directed above, turning the roast about every 10 minutes.
• Remove the roast from the spit if necessary and transfer it to a cutting board. Let stand for 5 minutes, remove the string, and slice thinly. Serve hot, warm, or at room temperature.

ARISTA (TUSCAN ROAST PORK)

Steps:

• Crush garlic with a knife blade, and mince finely together with rosemary and salt. Using the point of a small knife, pierce the pork in a dozen or more places and stuff a little of the garlic mixture into each opening. Rub leftover garlic over the pork. Set aside for several hours, or refrigerate until ready to cook.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place pork on a rack in a baking pan, and spoon 3 or 4 tablespoons olive oil over the surface. Place in the preheated oven, and roast, allowing 25 minutes per pound. Halfway through, turn the roast to brown evenly. Thirty minutes before the roast is done, turn it again, and increase the oven temperature to 450 degrees to brown well.
• When pork has been roasted, remove from the oven, and allow to rest for at least 10 minutes before carving. It can be served warm, at room temperature or even cold, with a puree of white beans.

ARISTA (TUSCAN HERB-INFUSED ROAST PORK) - FROM THE "MEAT&AM

Steps:

• FLAVOR STEP: Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl. Rub all over the meat to provide it with a genrous coating.
• Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• Brush the meat with 2 tablespoons of the oil.
• Brush a shallow roasting pan with the remaining 1/2 tbs. oil and scatter the sliced garlic on the bottom to provide a bed for the roast.
• Lay the roast on the garlic, fat side up.
• Put the pan in the center of the oven and roast for 15 minutes.
• Turn the oven down to 300 F and roast for 1 1/4 hours longer if cooking a 4 pound roast, 2 hours longer for a double roast.
• Test the meat: when the center reads 145F to 150F on an instant read thermometer, remove the meat from the oven and cover it loosely with foil whil you prepare the sauce.
• PAN SAUCE: Pour off the fat and add the wine to the roasting pan and bring it to a boil over high heat, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom.
• Add the stock and cook until the sauce is reduced by half.
• Strain the sauce.
• Salt and pepper to taste and server over 1/4 inch slices of the meat!

TUSCAN-STYLE PORK ROAST (ARISTA)

Steps:

• Mince together garlic and rosemary. Stir together with sea salt in a small bowl and season with pepper. Rub 1 tablespoon garlic mixture all over pork. Beginning at 1 end of loin, make a 3/4-inch slit with a long thin knife through center of loin to other end. Stuff slit with remaining garlic mixture, pushing it through with handle of a long wooden spoon. Marinate at room temperature 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Put loin, fat side up, on a rack in a roasting pan and roast in middle of oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted diagonally at least 2 inches into meat registers 155°F, about 2 hours. Let pork stand, loosely covered, 20 minutes.
• Discard string. Separate loin from bones and cut meat crosswise into 3/4-inch-thick slices. If desired, serve bones cut into ribs.