This roast pork loin recipe with rosemary will give your roast dinner an Italian twist.
Keep your pork simple with this easy roast recipe - perfect to warm you through and through. Roast in the oven for 2hrs infused in fresh rosemary for a delicious flavour. Your meat will be tender and succulent when it comes out of the oven.
Serve this pork loin recipe with roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings for a family feast on Sunday.
To make sure you're doing everything you can to make the perfect, succulent pork, why not have a look at our great and easy guide on how to roast pork!
Ingredients
- 4 garlic leaves, finely chopped
- 2tbsp sea salt
- 1.5kg (3lb 5oz) loin of pork, French trimmed, crackling scored in squares
- 8 tbsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped
- Olive oil, for basting
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Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan ove, 400°F, gas mark 6).
- Rub the garlic and salt over the entire surface of the joint. Rub 2tbsp of the chopped rosemary over the joint as well.
- Sprinkle generously with olive oil and the rest of the rosemary, and roast in the preheated oven for 2 hrs, basting from time to time with fresh olive oil.
- 4 Reduce the heat to 180° C (160deg;C fan, 350°F, gas mark 4) and roast for a further 30 mins. Eat hot, or leave to cool completely.
Top Tip for making Roast pork loin with rosemary
It's better to use pork on the bone, which gives more flavour, although you can use boneless pork.
Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 11 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies.
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