Pork Roast Dinner

My blog is targeted towards those who are either beginners when it comes to cooking, or just do not have the time to cook extravagant meals every day... but do not be afraid of this one! It may take a couple of hours to cook but the prep time takes less than 10 minutes.

Many of us, even more experienced cooks, are hesitant when it comes to cooking large sizes of meat, worrying that it will under cook, overcook or just completely burn and you won't have anything to serve for dinner. In times like that I like to refer to cooking charts such as this one: http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/tools-and-techniques/how-to-roast-meat6.htm

It breaks down the cooking times by weight and type of meat you are preparing. Easy to follow and saves you all the worries.

For this roast you will need:

-Pork roast (any weight)

-1 cup olive oil

-2 onions

-1 whole garlic

-3-4 carrots

-Leeks ( or any other greens of your choice)

-Black Pepper & Salt

-Tinfoil

Prepare the surface by folding over 2 large sheets of foil as shown above^

Chop up the onions, leeks and carrots and spread evenly in the center of the foil

Rinse the roast and pat dry with a paper towel to get rid of any excess moisture.

Prepating the actual roast takes 10 seconds: rub pepper salt and shopped garlic into the meat, then cut 7-8 slits on top and stuff garlic cloves in them. Then drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with some ground pepper

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Some more leek and onion on top so that the flavour can cook into the roast, wrap it up and into the oven. [refer to the time charts for temperatures and times]

Annnd... 2 hours later !

2 hours may seem like a long time in the oven, but at a low temperature the meat cooks evenly and therefore avoids undercooking. It also give you plenty of time to cook some mashed potatoes, vegetables and salads to serve with the roast.. maybe even some dessert.

Speaking of dessert.. tomorrow I am planning to make some mascarpone cheese cupcakes with strawberries. Stay tuned!