Marinated Pork Loin
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Marinating pork loin is easy and can be done in minutes. The result is a perfectly tender and juicy pork loin that is perfect for meals or sandwiches.
preparation: 5 minutes
making: 1 hour(s) 45 minutes
total: 1 hour(s) 50 minutes
servings: 6 servings
nutrition: 425 calories per serving
cuisine: Polish
Ingredients
- 1.5kg pork loin
- 1.5l water
- 90g curing salt
- 1 head of garlic, halved
- 6 bay leaves
- 6 dried allspice berries
- 1 tsp of black pepper
You will need an oven-roasting bag.
Method
Bold the water and leave it to fully cool down.
Wash the meat with cold running water.
Pork loin on chopping board with other ingredients on a side
Prepare the marinade.
Pork loin on chopping board with marinade brine in a bowl
In a deep bowl put water with curing salt. Add garlic, allspice berries, bay leaves and black pepper.
Pork loin fully immersed in the marinade
Put the meat and cover it with cling film. Place in a fridge for 3 days. Halfway through open, rotate the meat, re-cover and leave for the rest of the time.
Pork loin fylly immersed in marinade covered with cling film
The bowl must be big enough to put the meat in it and the meat is fully covered with water completely to the top.
Pork loin after 3 days in the marinade
After 3 days.
Heat the oven to 170C and prepare the roasting tray lined with aluminium foil.
Marinated pork loin in a roasting bag
Remove the meat from the brine and put it into the roasting bag and then placed it in the tray.
Marinated pork loin in a roasting bag on a lined with aluminium foil baking tray
Bake for 1h 30m turning the meat over halfway.
Do not turn the oven.
Baked marinated pork loin in an open roasting bag on a tray
After time passed, take the tray out.
Baked marinated pork loin on a baking tray with fresh aluminium foil
Open the roasting bag and take the meat from the bag directly into the baking tray lined with fresh aluminium foil. Discard excess juices and fat.
Marinated pork loin on a lined baking tray after final baking
Place the tray back into the oven and bake for 15 minutes, turning the meat halfway.
Baked marinated pork loin resting on a chopping board
Take the meat out of the oven and leave it to rest for 30 minutes.
Baked marinated pork loin cliced on a chopping board
Cut the pieces of meat as you like and use them as a part of dinner or, once fully cooled down, as an addition to sandwiches.
Keep any leftovers refrigerated so they stay fresh for a few days.