Roast Pork
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).
Season the pork well.
Place 1 pint of water in the roasting pan.
Roast
Roast the pork slowly, allowing 1 hour for every pound.
Baste the pork often.
Ensure the pork is cooked thoroughly.
Finish
After roasting, pour off excess drippings to make gravy.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Pork
- Main protein that firms as it cooks and releases drippings used for the gravy.
The step that matters
Ensure the pork is cooked thoroughly. Pork must reach a safe internal temperature throughout. Roasting time per pound is only an estimate, so doneness should be checked directly, as cuts and oven behaviour vary.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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