Arista Tuscan Roast Pork Recipes

TUSCAN PORK ROAST

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine the garlic, rosemary, oil and salt; cover and process until mixture becomes a paste. Rub over the roast; cover and let stand for 30 minutes. , Place roast fat side up on a greased baking rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until a thermometer reads 145°. Let meat stand for 10 minutes before slicing.

TUSCAN-STYLE PORK ROAST (ARISTA)

Steps:

• Mince together garlic and rosemary. Stir together with sea salt in a small bowl and season with pepper. Rub 1 tablespoon garlic mixture all over pork. Beginning at 1 end of loin, make a 3/4-inch slit with a long thin knife through center of loin to other end. Stuff slit with remaining garlic mixture, pushing it through with handle of a long wooden spoon. Marinate at room temperature 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Put loin, fat side up, on a rack in a roasting pan and roast in middle of oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted diagonally at least 2 inches into meat registers 155°F, about 2 hours. Let pork stand, loosely covered, 20 minutes.
• Discard string. Separate loin from bones and cut meat crosswise into 3/4-inch-thick slices. If desired, serve bones cut into ribs.

ARISTA (TUSCAN ROAST PORK)

Steps:

• Crush garlic with a knife blade, and mince finely together with rosemary and salt. Using the point of a small knife, pierce the pork in a dozen or more places and stuff a little of the garlic mixture into each opening. Rub leftover garlic over the pork. Set aside for several hours, or refrigerate until ready to cook.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place pork on a rack in a baking pan, and spoon 3 or 4 tablespoons olive oil over the surface. Place in the preheated oven, and roast, allowing 25 minutes per pound. Halfway through, turn the roast to brown evenly. Thirty minutes before the roast is done, turn it again, and increase the oven temperature to 450 degrees to brown well.
• When pork has been roasted, remove from the oven, and allow to rest for at least 10 minutes before carving. It can be served warm, at room temperature or even cold, with a puree of white beans.

ARISTA (TUSCAN HERB-INFUSED ROAST PORK) - FROM THE "MEAT&AM

Steps:

• FLAVOR STEP: Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl. Rub all over the meat to provide it with a genrous coating.
• Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• Brush the meat with 2 tablespoons of the oil.
• Brush a shallow roasting pan with the remaining 1/2 tbs. oil and scatter the sliced garlic on the bottom to provide a bed for the roast.
• Lay the roast on the garlic, fat side up.
• Put the pan in the center of the oven and roast for 15 minutes.
• Turn the oven down to 300 F and roast for 1 1/4 hours longer if cooking a 4 pound roast, 2 hours longer for a double roast.
• Test the meat: when the center reads 145F to 150F on an instant read thermometer, remove the meat from the oven and cover it loosely with foil whil you prepare the sauce.
• PAN SAUCE: Pour off the fat and add the wine to the roasting pan and bring it to a boil over high heat, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom.
• Add the stock and cook until the sauce is reduced by half.
• Strain the sauce.
• Salt and pepper to taste and server over 1/4 inch slices of the meat!