Scott's Recipe

Roast - Holiday Pork

Category: Pork

4-5 lb center loin pork roast
Chine bone removed
2 cloves garlic, peeled
Coarsely ground pepper


1. Trim excess fat from pork loin and trim rib bone of all extra meat. (This is called “Frenching” the bones; your butcher can do this for you.)
2. Cut garlic cloves in half and rub all over all surfaces of loin; sprinkle loin generously with black pepper. Place rack of pork in preheated 350 degree oven, bones up, on rack in shallow roasting pan.
3. Roast 1-1 ½ hours, (about 18-20 minutes per pound) until meat thermometer inserted in center of loin eye reads about 155 degrees.
4. Remove from oven, let rest 10 minutes. Cut between rib bones to serve.