Pork Roast

[barbszy]

cat lover originally posted this recipe in What's for Dinner May 2009.

Pork Roast

1 - 4 pound pork loin roast
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
2 tbsp all purpose flour
2 large onions, chopped
1 carrot cut into 1/2" slices
1 rib celery
8 springs of parsley
1/2 tsp dried thyme leaves
1 bay leaf
4 cups water
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups water

Rub salt and pepper onto roast and dust with 2 tbsp flour. Put roast fat side up into a roasting pan. Put meat thermometer into roast making sure it does not touch bone. Put onion, carrot, celery, and parsley around the roast. Sprinkle roast with the thyme and put bay leaf on top of vegetables. Pour 2 or 3 cups water in pan and use the other 1 or 2 cups as needed for basting the roast as it cooks.
Roast at 350 degrees for about 2 1/2 hours or till thermometer reads 170 degrees. Baste often. Sprinkle the brown sugar over the roast during the last 30 minutes of cooking. Let roast stand about 15 minutes after cooking. Remove roast, parsley, carrot, amd celery. Combine 2 tbsp flour and 1 1/2 cups water till smooth. Pour this mixture into pan drippings, cook on stove top stirring constantly till thickened and bubbly. Serve gravy with roast. Makes 8 servings.

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[barbszy]

cat lover originally posted this recipe in What's for Dinner May 2009.

Roast Pork

1 (4 pound boneless pork roast)
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp dried marjoram
1 tsp dried basil
2 tsp coarse grind black pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
1 large onion, sliced into large wedeges
1- 12 oz can lite beer

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine everything except roast and beer. Rub spice mix all over rinsed and patted dry pork roast. Put into a roasting pan and surround the roast with the onion. Pour beer into the pan(not over the roast) and cover. Roast for 30 minutes. Uncover and insert meat thermometer and continue roasting till internal temperature registers 180 degrees which will take about 2 hours. Check roast every 2 hours for doneness.

[seleach]

Congrats cat lover. We love pork roast and I will be trying this one.