Orange Maple Pork Roast

Plan Z Phase: This is a Z3.5 (ZReboot 3.5) recipe. This is a super-simple dish to make. You will be happy with this on a weeknight but you can also serve it to guests. The taste is fancy enough for company. You’ll be amazed at how you can taste the maple with even just one tablespoon of syrup. That little bit goes a long way. Photo submitted by Plan Z dieter Nancy.

Servings: Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 2 lb pork loin roast
• 12 green onions chopped (white and light green parts only)
• 2 Tbl of Dijon mustard
• 1 Tbl of maple syrup
• 1 tsp of Truvia
• 2 tsp of grated orange peel
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 cups of beef broth
• 6 cloves of peeled, whole garlic cloves
• ¼ cup of raisins

Instructions:

Chop the green onions and put them in the bottom of an oven proof pan large enough to hold the pork roast.

In a small bowl add the mustard, syrup, Truvia and grated orange peel. Mix into a paste. Rub this paste across the top of your pork roast.  Gently transfer the paste-covered pork to the oven proof pan.

Scatter the raisins and the garlic cloves around the pork. Pour the beef broth around the roast.

Roast at 325 degrees. 30 minutes per pound. So for a 2 pound roast it will take an hour. I roast pork to 160 degrees. That way it’s still ever so slightly pink but still completely ready to eat.

Slice the pork and serve some of the sauce to each person. Feel free to eat the whole cloves of garlic. After they’ve been swimming in the broth for an hour they will be juicy and flavorful without tasting harsh.

Enjoy!

Cheers,