Citrus Pork Roast Recipe

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Wonderful herb and citrus flavors are light and delicious additions to a traditional pork roast. Guests often comment that this roast looks almost too good to eat.

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Citrus Pork Roast Recipe

Prep: 10 min. + marinating Bake: 1 hour 40 min. + standing

Yield: 18 Servings

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Ingredients

2 medium grapefruit
2 medium oranges
2 medium lemons
1/2 cup olive oil
3 teaspoons dried rosemary, crushed
1 teaspoon salt, optional
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 boneless pork loin roast (5 pounds), trimmed

Directions

Cut fruit in half; squeeze to remove juice, reserving rinds. In a small bowl, combine the fruit juices, oil, rosemary, salt if desired and garlic. Pour half into a large resealable plastic bag. Make shallow cuts in top of roast. Place roast in bag; seal and turn to coat. Refrigerate overnight. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade.
Drain marinade from meat. Place roast in a shallow baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour, basting with reserved marinade every 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, slice fruit rinds into 1/4-in. strips; arrange around roast. Bake 40 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 145°. Let meat stand for 10 minutes before slicing. Arrange pork slices on a platter; drizzle with 1/4 cup of pan juices. Yield: 18 servings.

Diabetic Exchanges: One serving (prepared without salt) equals 3 lean meat; also, 209 calories, 63 mg sodium, 75 mg cholesterol, 2 gm carbohydrate, 26 gm protein, 10 gm fat.

Originally published as Citrus Pork Roast in Country Pork , p80