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WINTER PORK ROAST

3 pound boneless pork loin roast
avocado oil
FRESH ground sea salt and black pepper, to taste
1/2 + 1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
8 ounces sweet orange marmalade or apricot pineapple jam
8 ounces whole cranberry sauce (canned is okay, but I prefer fresh)*
FRESH cranberries, for garnish
sliced oranges, for garnish

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Pat pork roast dry.
• Rub with avocado oil.
• Season to taste with FRESH ground sea salt and black pepper on all sides.
• Sear each side over high heat for 2 minutes per side.
Place in roasting pan.
• While searing the pork, start your sauce.
• In a medium bowl, stir together 1/2 cup orange juice, apple cider vinegar, apricot pineapple jam or orange marmalade, and cranberry sauce.
• Pour sauce over the pork.
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Roast for 60-80 minutes (140°-145° in the most central part of the pork), basting every 20 minutes with the sauce mixture.
• Remove from oven and place pork on a foil tented plate to cool/rest for 10 minutes.
• While pork is resting, add remaining 1/4 cup orange juice to the juices left over from cooking to a saucepan.
• Bring sauce to a boil and then reduce to a simmer while pork rests.
Slice and serve pork, drizzled with more sauce and garnished with orange slices and fresh cranberries.
• Enjoy!

NOTES: * I always make a HUGE batch of homemade cranberry sauce over the holidays so I have some in the freezer. Cranberries are hard to come by the rest of the year.