Blood Orange Roast Pork Loin

Serves: 3

Isabella Feil

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

53

Spice

56

Sweetness

49

Sourness

35

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.7

Difficulty

Ingredients:

Directions:

1

Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 450°F

2

Using vegetable peeler, remove peel (orange part only) in strips from 3 blood oranges

3

Place pork in large roasting pan

4

Rub with 2 tablespoons olive oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper

5

Toss onion, orange peel, and rosemary leaves with remaining 1 tablespoon oil in medium bowl; sprinkle with salt and pepper

6

Arrange onion mixture around pork

7

Roast until pork and onion are beginning to brown, about 25 minutes

8

Meanwhile, squeeze enough juice from oranges to measure 3/4 cup; pour juice into small saucepan

9

Add wine, broth, and garlic

10

Boil until reduced to 1 1/4 cups, about 7 minutes

11

Add 1/2 cup orange juice mixture to roasting pan

12

Baste pork with pan juices

13

Reduce oven temperature to 350°F; continue roasting pork until thermometer inserted into thickest part of pork registers 150°F, basting often and adding more orange juice mixture as needed, about 30 minutes longer

14

Place pork on platter and cover loosely with foil

15

Place roasting pan over medium-high heat; add remaining 3/4 cup orange juice mixture to pan

16

Boil until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes

17

Remove strings from roast

18

Slice pork; place on platter

19

Pour sauce and onion mixture over and around pork

20

Garnish with rosemary sprigs and orange slices

21

Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 450°F

22

Using vegetable peeler, remove peel (orange part only) in strips from 3 blood oranges

23

Place pork in large roasting pan

24

Rub with 2 tablespoons olive oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper

25

Toss onion, orange peel, and rosemary leaves with remaining 1 tablespoon oil in medium bowl; sprinkle with salt and pepper

26

Arrange onion mixture around pork

27

Roast until pork and onion are beginning to brown, about 25 minutes

28

Meanwhile, squeeze enough juice from oranges to measure 3/4 cup; pour juice into small saucepan

29

Add wine, broth, and garlic

30

Boil until reduced to 1 1/4 cups, about 7 minutes

31

Add 1/2 cup orange juice mixture to roasting pan

32

Baste pork with pan juices

33

Reduce oven temperature to 350°F; continue roasting pork until thermometer inserted into thickest part of pork registers 150°F, basting often and adding more orange juice mixture as needed, about 30 minutes longer

34

Place pork on platter and cover loosely with foil

35

Place roasting pan over medium-high heat; add remaining 3/4 cup orange juice mixture to pan

36

Boil until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes

37

Remove strings from roast

38

Slice pork; place on platter

39

Pour sauce and onion mixture over and around pork

40

Garnish with rosemary sprigs and orange slices