Pork: Loin with Green Peppercorns

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Ingredients

  • 1 pork loin, bone in, Frenched and tied (about 5 pounds, or 10 bones)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons mustard
  • 2 teaspoons grain mustard
  • 1 teaspoon ground fennel seed
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 3 cups chicken stock
  • 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
  • 2 teaspons grain mustard
  • 1/4 cup green peppercorns, drained

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400* Allow the pork to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Place the pork, fat side up, in a roasting pan just large enough to hold it comfortably. In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, 2 teaspoons of each mustard, the fennel seed, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoons black pepper. Rub the mixture on top of the pork and roast for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until the internal temperature reaches 140* . Remove from the oven, transfer to a cutting board, and cover tightly with aluminum foil for 20 minutes.

For the sauce, remove all bu 1/4 cup of fat from the roasting pan. If there isn't 1/4 cup, add enough butter to the pan to make it. Over medium heat, whisk the flour into the fat in the pan and cook for 1 minute. Add the wine and scrape up all the brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the chicken stock, the remaining 2 teaspoons of each mustard, the green peppercorns, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a broil, then lower the heat to a simmer for 5 to 10 minutes, until the sauce is reduced and slightly thickened.

Remove the strings from the roast pork, slice between the bones and serve with sauce.