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3 kg pork-loin rib-end crown roast
3 tbsp vegetable oil
3 tbsp chopped fresh rosemary
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
lemon zest, from 1 lemon
1 tsp salt
2 cups water
Preheat oven to 350F. Set a rack in a shallow roasting pan that is just slightly larger than pork. Stir oil with rosemary, Dijon, lemon zest and salt in a small bowl. Holding meat on its side over a piece of waxed paper, rub a little of mixture over side of pork. Spread it over meat area only, not bones. Using the back of a spoon or your fingers, rotate meat and repeat with remaining mixture. Be sure to cover meat area in inside centre of roast as well. Pour water into pan.
Place roast on rack in pan, then roast, uncovered, in centre of oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted in thickest part of meat reads 150F. Add a little more water to pan after an hour of roasting, so that bottom of pan is covered throughout roasting.
Begin checking temperature of meat when it has roasted a total of 1 3/4 hours. (Our roasts needed 2 and 2 1/4 hours to cook to the 150F stage.) Then remove meat to a carving board. Discard water in pan. Cover meat loosely with a piece of foil and let stand 10 min before slicing. The temperature of meat should rise to 155F as it sits.
Calories 428, Protein 49g, Fat 24g, Sodium 392mg.
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