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Viewed: 43 - Published at: a year agoIngredients
- 1 (4- to 5-pound) pork loin roast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 medium onions, chopped 1 carrot, cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 1 stalk celery
- 7 to 8 large sprigs fresh parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 bay leaf, crushed
- 4 cups water, divided
- 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 to 1 1/2 cups water
Method
- Rub roast with salt and pepper; dust with 2 tablespoons flour. Place roast, fat side up, on rack in a roasting pan. Insert meat thermometer, making certain thermometer does not touch bone or fat. Place onion, carrot, celery, and parsley around meat. Sprinkle meat with thyme and bay leaf.
- Pour 2 cups water in roasting pan; add remaining 2 cups water as needed for basting.
- Roast pork at 350° for 2 1/2 hours or until roast reaches 170°, basting often with juices in pan. Sprinkle brown sugar over roast during last 30 minutes of baking. Let stand 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove roast, parsley, carrot, and celery; reserve pan drippings. Combine 2 tablespoons flour and 1 to 1 1/2 cups water; stir until smooth. Pour flour mixture into pan drippings; cook, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly. Serve gravy with roast.
