Maple-Glazed Pork Roast with Smoked Paprika

Name: Maple-Glazed Pork Roast with Smoked Paprika
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, maple syrup, preferably grade B; 1/8 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons, smoked paprika (hot); pinch, ground cloves; pinch, cayenne pepper; 1 , boneless pork loin roast, preferably blade-end, (about 2 1/2 pounds), tied at even intervals along length with 5 pieces butcher's twine; 3/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons, vegetable oil

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2003

An unexpected (and easy) technique yields tender, juicy pork with a rich, clingy glaze that packs pure maple flavor—all in less than an hour.

SERVES 4 to 6

TIME 1½ hours

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