Pork Loin Roast with Young Potatoes and Herbs

Main Dishes | Italian cuisine

⏳ Time

1 hour 30 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Pork loin roast with young potatoes and herbs.

Ingredients

Star anise - 4 pieces
Pork tenderloin - 4 lbs
Rosemary - 12 stalks
Thyme - 24 stalks
Parsley - 12 stalks
Garlic - 2 heads
Onion - 1 head
Honey - 3 spoons
Salt - 3.5 oz
Green peppercorns - 12 pieces
Bay leaf - 4 pieces
Potato - 21.2 oz
Ghee - 3.5 oz
Clove - 4 pieces

Step by Step guide

Step 1

In a large pot, pour in two liters of water, add 100 grams of salt, and place twelve sprigs each of rosemary, thyme, and parsley, two heads of garlic cut in half, a bay leaf, whole peppercorns, honey, cloves, and star anise. Bring the mixture to a boil, then wait for it to cool down, and place a piece of pork loin in the pot, ensuring that all the fat and membranes have been removed beforehand. Leave it in the brine for eight hours.

Step 2

Take the salted pork and tie it with string across, between the ribs.

Step 3

Preheat the oven to 356°F and place the pork inside for one to one and a half hours.

Step 4

Meanwhile, boil the potatoes in salted water until tender. Then transfer them to a saucepan with bubbling clarified butter and sprigs of rosemary floating in the oil. Cook the potatoes in the butter, gently stirring to prevent them from breaking apart too much, for about fifteen more minutes.