PORK ROAST WITH CLEMENTINES

By Montrealer

pork

Ingredients

• 1 pork roast (4 pounds)
• 250 ml of clementine or orange juice
• 1 bay leaf finely crumbled
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 2 ml of thyme
• 15 ml of cornstarch
• 3 clementines cored and sectioned
• 2 apples cored cut in wedges

Preparation

Step 1

1. The day before, make a marinade for the meat by combining clementine juice with bay leaf, garlic and thyme. Pour over meat and refrigerate overnight turning at least once.
2. Preheat oven at 325.
3. Lift roast from marinade, reserve mixture, and place in roasting pan.
4. Roast covered 2 ½ hours and uncovered for 30 minutes basting.
5. Remove meat to platter and keep warm.
6. Blend pan juice with remaining clementine juice. Blend cornstarch with 1 tablespoon of water and beat into pan. Cook stirring.
7. Serve roast surrounded by clementines sections and apples.