Roasted Bacon Crusted Pork Loin
An inexpensive, tasty and easy dinner solution this juicy, tender pork loin is rubbed with a paste of bacon, mustard and caraway seeds before cooking which creates a delicious brown crust.
Ingredients
- sliced bacon, chopped · 12 ounces
- Herbie's Mustard Seed Yellow (whole) · 3 tablespoons
- Herbie's Caraway Seed (whole) · 2 tablespoons
- Herbie's Ginger (ground) · 2 teaspoons
- 4-rib, bone-in pork loin roast, chine bones removed · 3 1/2 pound
Instructions
In a food processor, combine the bacon, mustard seeds, caraway seeds, vegetable oil and ground ginger and process to a paste.
Set the pork loin roasts on a large rimmed baking sheet.
Spread the bacon paste over the meaty side of the roasts and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat the oven to 400°.
Bring the roasts to room temperature and season all over with salt and pepper.
Set the pork in a roasting pan, fat side up.
Roast in the upper third of the oven for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the roasts registers 150°.
Transfer the roasts to a carving board and let rest for 10 minutes.
Carve the roasts and serve with side dishes of your choice.
SUGGESTED SIDE DISHES:
Pan Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with Pancetta
Oven Roasted Asparagus & Almonds
Whole Grain Mustard & Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
Caraway Seed (whole)
Once used in love potions because it prevents lovers from straying! As proof of this the seeds were baked in bread and given to pet pigeons to keep them at home and not wander away.
Ginger (ground)
A very high quality, aromatic ginger with lots of flavor.
