Pork Loin

Pork Loin is a great meat to cook with – it is relatively lean and does very well with all sort of sauces and rubs.  The recipe below is something my family is really crazy for – they love it – both the meat as well as the vegetables.   So if you cook this you get both a great meal that your family would love as well as – YES! a very easy to put together recipe.

So here we go….

Ingredients:

Mediterranean Rub:

• 2-Tbsp salt – use your favorite kind
• 2-Tbsp roasted / smoked paprika (you can substitute with good quality paprika as well)
• 2-Tbsp ground cumin
• 3-Tbsp summer savory (Bulgarian Chubritsa)

• 1-Tbsp ground / crushed black pepper

Meat and Vegetables:

• a 4-pound Natural Pork Loin – whole
• 5-6 large potatoes – sliced in wedges
• 1 large onion – sliced in big chunks
• 2 large red peppers – sliced also in large chunks
• 6-large carrots – pealed and sliced in large chunks

Preparation:

Rinse the whole pork loin and pat dry with a paper towel.  Rest the pork loin on a cutting board.  Mix the rub ingredients well – to form a uniform dry mixture.  Start sprinkling the rub on the pork and use your fingers to work the dry spices into the meat.  Cover all sides of the pork and let it sit on the cutting board;

In the mean time – set the oven you will use to preheat to 350-degrees F;

Mix the prepared vegetables in the roasting pan.  Pour two tablespoons of olive oil (or your favorite oil) and mix well to coat the vegetables.  Sprinkle salt over the veggies and also sprinkle savory (chubritsa) and mix the veggies one more time.

Next – place the coated with the rub pork loin on a roasting rack and position in the roasting pan above the seasoned veggies

By now the oven should be heated to its temperature – 350F – so you can place the roasting pan in the oven.  Set a timer for 45-minutes;

Once the timer expires – check the meet in one of the thicker areas with a thermometer probe.  The meat should be at 155-160-degrees F

If not there yet, place in the oven for another 10-minutes and check again.  Once temperature reached your roast should be ready.

Serve with a nice red wine and ENJOY!