Pork Roast with Cranberry Glaze

Ingredients

Pork:

Glaze:

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°.
  2. Cooking Time: For a boneless top lion double roast allow 30 minutes per pound.
  3. A 3 pound roast will take approximately 1½ hours to roast.
  4. A 5 pound roast will take approximately 2½ hours to roast.
  5. Place pork roast fat side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. The rack keeps the meat out of the drippings.
  6. Insert a meat thermometer so tip is in center of thickest part of pork and does not rest in fat. Do not add water. Do not cover.
  7. Place the roast in the oven on one of the lower racks.
  8. Next prepare the Cranberry Glaze.
  9. Separate out ½ cup of the cranberry glaze for glazing the roast.
  10. Pour the remainder of the cranberry glaze into a serving dish and set aside.
  11. After 45 minutes of roasting time, take the roast out of the oven and glaze with ½ cup of cranberry glaze.
  12. Place glazed roast back in oven.
  13. When the meat thermometer reads 165° remove the roast from the oven.
  14. Cover the roast with a piece of aluminum foil and let it rest for 10 to 15 minutes. The roast will continue to cook as it rests.
  15. The meat thermometer should read 170° when the roast is done.
  16. Cut and remove the string from the roast.
  17. Slice and serve with the remainder of the cranberry glaze.

Comments

Plan on ⅓ pound of meat per person.

A 3-pound roast will serve approximately 6 to 8.

A 4-pound roast will serve approximately 8 to 10.

Check the thermometer every 30 minutes after the first hour of roasting time. I find that my roasts cook in less time than the 30 minutes per pound rule.

Roasts are easier to carve if allowed to rest for 10 to 15 minutes after removing from oven. As mentioned in the instruction section above the meat will continue to cook after removal from the oven. Remove the roast when the thermometer registers 165°, cover with foil and let it rest for 10 to 15 minutes.

Note: I usually make a 7-pound roast and cut off enough meat for 2 meals. Whatever is leftover after that is cut into 1-inch slabs of meat and refrigerated or frozen for use with other meals such as Chinese Stir Fry With Pork or Pork Fried Rice.

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