Cider-Roasted Pork Loin
- Reviews 5
Ready In: 25 hrs 30 mins
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 3 cups apple cider
- 1⁄4 cup kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
- 1 tablespoon coriander seed
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 (2 lb) boneless pork loin, trimmed
- 2 cups apple cider
- cooking spray
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons chopped fresh sage
- 1⁄8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
Directions
- Combine the first 6 ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil, stirring until salt dissolves.
- Remove from heat; cool.
- Pour brine into a 2 gallon zip-loc plastic bag.
- Add pork; seal.
- Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight, turning bag occasionally.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Bring 2 cups cider to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Cook until cider has thickened slightly and reduced to 1/4 cup (about 15-20 minutes).
- Set aside.
- Remove pork from bag; discard brine.
- Place pork on rack of a broiler pan coated with cooking spray.
- Lightly coat pork with cooking spray.
- Combine rosemary, sage, and black pepper; sprinkle evenly over pork.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until thermometer registers 155 degrees, basting twice with cider reduction during final 20 minutes of cooking.
- Remove from oven; baste with remaining cider reduction.
- Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
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