Roasted Pork Loin with Apples and Sweet Potatoes

Yield: 4-6 servings

Time: 1.5 hrs

Ingredients

1.5 lb pork loin
2 Tbsp butter
3 large sweet potatoes
3-4 apples
2 stalks celery
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, smashed
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
3 sprigs fresh thyme

Sauce

2 Tbsp butter, melted
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
Pepper, to taste

Directions 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Season the pork generously with salt and pepper. Heat a little vegetable oil in a large ovenproof pan. Sear pork in pan on all sides and remove to a plate. 

Melt butter in pan and add all vegetables except fresh herbs. Saute for about 8 minutes or until just beginning to brown. Move vegetables to the side of the pan and add pork loin in the center. Place fresh herb sprigs on top and place in oven. 

Roast for about 50 minutes to 1 hour, until pork reaches 155 degrees measured at the center.

Make the sauce by combining all sauce ingredients. 

During last 10 minutes or so of roasting, baste vegetables and meat with the sauce. 

When pork is done roasting, remove from oven and let rest in the pan for 5 minutes covered in foil before carving and serving with vegetables.