Perfect Pork Roast Every Time

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5m
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70-100m
Cook Time

1h 15m
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Recipe: #9221

April 24, 2013

Categories: Pork Roast, 5-Minute Prep, Birthday, Christmas, Easter, Fathers Day, Mothers Day, New Years, Romantic Dinner, Thanksgiving, Oven Bake, Gluten-Free, High Protein, Low Carbohydrate, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Spices, more

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recipe by:
LindasBusyKitchen

"This is a great way to make a delicious and really tender pork roast that will please the whole family! I have sprinkled lots of garlic powder all over the roast after adding the spices and it tastes really good too. Feel free to change up the herbs to suit your taste. Great for Sunday dinner, when you have company, or anytime you feel like having a delicious meal!"

Original is 6 servings

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3 pound pork loin
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil (extra virgin)
1 tablespoon dried rosemary

1 tablespoon dried basil
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (233.6 g)
Calories 481.3
Total Fat - 24.3 g
Saturated Fat - 7.7 g
Cholesterol - 165.5 mg
Sodium - 511.9 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 0.7 g
Dietary Fiber - 0.1 g
Sugars - 0.1 g
Protein - 61.7 g
Calcium - 19.8 mg
Iron - 2.1 mg
Vitamin C - 0.2 mg
Thiamin - 1.5 mg

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Step 1

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Move top oven rack to center of oven.

Step 2

To Prepare Spice Rub: Combine rosemary, basil, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Add olive oil, and stir to mix well. Warm rub in microwave for 15-30 seconds to help infuse oil with spices, Alternately you can allow rub to sit for a few minutes to marry the oil with the spices.

Step 3

Remove the rack from the roasting pan and place on counter top. Place the roast with the fat pad on the top side (do not cut this off, it will impart a lot of flavor into the roast and help it stay moist) on the rack and spoon spice mixture on top of the roast.

Step 4

Rub spice mixture all over the top, sides and bottom of the roast.

Step 5

Place rack back in roasting pan, and bake in oven for 10 minutes, reduce temperature to 250 degrees F, and bake for 60-90 minutes (time will vary depending on whether you have a short fat roast or a thin long roast). The roast needs to reach 145° internal temperature.

Step 6

Remove roast from oven, place on cutting board with tongs (do not puncture the roast), and allow to rest for 5 minutes so the juices and disperse into the roast (and not all over your cutting board).