Garlic Studded Roast Pork Loin

Name: Garlic Studded Roast Pork Loin
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons, dried thyme; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cloves (or ground allspice); 2 teaspoons, table salt; 1 teaspoon, ground black pepper; 2 medium cloves, garlic, peeled and cut into slivers; 2.25 pounds, boneless pork loin roast, center cut, fat trimmed to about 1/8-inch thick; roast tied with kitchen twine in tight cylinder and dried with paper towels

Main Courses
Pork
Roasts

Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1995, America's Test Kitchen TV

Roast, rest, and roast again is the formula for a pork roast that is juicy and succulently tender.

SERVES 4 to 6

TIME 1½ hours, plus 2 hours chilling and 30 minutes resting

Why This Recipe Works

This is a members' feature.