Spicy Honey-Mustard Pork Roast
Sep 13th, 2007 by heidi
Spicy Honey Mustard Pork Roast
INGREDIENTS:
* 3 pounds pork roast Ours was around 2-3/4 lbs, which made more than enough for us to have a couple of meals out of it but we’re also hearty eaters.
* 1/4 cup honey I cut this down by a couple of teaspoons in case it was too sweet but I think it would have been fine as-is
* 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
* 2 tablespoons black pepper This is a *lot*–I made ours with just one tablespoon and it was plenty!
* 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* I also added a couple of minced cloves of garlic because really, garlic is always good!
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Score 1/2 inch slits in your roast and place in baking dish.
2. Combine honey, mustard, pepper, thyme, and salt in small bowl; mix until well blended. Brush mixture over roast, working well into slits.
3. Bake roast in preheated oven for one hour. Remove roast from oven and flip in pan. Brush remaining honey sauce over roast. Return to oven and continue baking for 45 minutes to an hour or until internal temperature reaches 170 degrees F (75 degrees C). let stand for 15 minutes before slicing.
We don’t have an instant-read oven thermometer, so I just baked ours for two hours on the dot because I know our oven runs a little cool and then let it sit for 15 minutes. It was perfectly cooked, although the crackling on the side was a little blackened, but the meat was beautifully moist and tender. I’d highly recommend the oven thermometer if you have it, though!
