Tuscan Pork Roast Weight Watchers Recipes

TUSCAN PORK ROAST (WEIGHT WATCHERS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. With a small sharp knife, make several small incisions in the roast; insert a sliver of garlic in each incision. If desired, rub the roast with oil. Then sprinkle over it the rosemary, salt and pepper.
• Place the roast in a shallow roasting pan; pour 1/4 cup of the wine into the pan.
• Roast, basting occasionally with the pan juices (adding 1/4 cup of the wine after half an hour, and the other 1/4 cup a few minutes before the roast is done), until cooked through and an instant-read thermometer inserted in the pork (not touching bone) registers 160°, about 1 3/4 hours.
• Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

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 PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Combine garlic, rosemary, olive oil and salt in a blender or food processor: blend until mixture forms a paste.
• Rub paste over the roast; cover and let stand 30 minutes.
• Place roast, fat side up, on a rack in a roasting pan.
• Bake at 325 for 2 1/2 hours or until internal temp reaches 165.
• Let roast stand for 15 minutes before slicing.

TUSCAN PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Note: I'd suggest tripling the amount of rub, butterflying the pork further, and putting the rub all over both the inside and outside of the meat. There just wasn't enough of it for my taste.
• Remove the pork from the fridge and let come to room temperature about at hour before preparing. In the meantime, cut along the bone as if you were going to cut the bone off completely, but leave about an inch still attached. Rub the pork all over with olive oil to coat. Season with salt and pepper.
• Combine the finely chopped garlic, lemon zest, and herbs and rub this all over the incision made between the bone and the meat, patting down the herbs. Make a 1 inch incision between each rib bone and thread kitchen string/ butcher's twine through these incisions to tie the roast tightly and hold it together.
• Place the roast on a metal cooling rack, inserted inside a deep baking tray, skin-side up. Pour water in the bottom of the tray (if you prefer, you can use white wine, and in this case, pour it all over the roast and let it drip into the tray). Roast for 3 1/2 to 4 hours at 195º F (90º C) -- if you have a meat thermometer, you're looking for the interior to be about 150º F (65º C).
• Remove from the oven, turn up the heat to 430º F (220° C) and cook another 5 minutes to crisp the skin. Rest for at least 15 minutes, uncovered, before slicing into thick slices and serving. This is wonderful with roast potatoes (possibly roasted in the pan juices under the pork) or sautéed greens.