Description
This savory recipe is easy and delicious. It is my favorite recipe for cooking a pork roast. Serve with autumn apples and sweet potatoes.
Ingredients
- 5 pounds pork roast, trimmed
- 3 cloves garlic, sliced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ tablespoon ground black pepper
- 3 bay leaves
- ½ cup cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Pierce top of roast with a small knife. Force garlic slices into the cuts. Sprinkle roast with salt and pepper.
- Place bay leaves in the bottom of a roasting pan. Set roast
- fat-side up
- on top of bay leaves. Mix cider vinegar and thyme in a small bowl; pour over top of roast.
- Bake in the preheated oven until an internal temperature of 145 degrees F (63 degrees C) is reached
- about 3 hours. Using a baster or spoon
- baste drippings over roast frequently while it cooks.
- Let roast rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 3 hrs
Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins
Servings: 12