Ingredients
Pork:
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2-3/4 - 3-1/2 kilogram pork side (loin/belly/skin on)
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1/4 cup (60 milliliters) tablespoons parsley leaves
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1/4 cup (60 milliliters) fresh rosemary leaves
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2 tablespoons (30 milliliters) fresh thyme leaves
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4 cloves fresh garlic, smashed
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1 lemon, zest
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Salt and pepper
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1/2 cup (120 milliliters) olive oil, divided
Tonnato sauce:
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85 grams tuna packed in oil
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2 tablespoons (30 milliliters) capers
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1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) white wine vinegar
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1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) lemon juice
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2 egg yolks
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1 cup (240 milliliters) extra virgin olive oil
Directions
Pork:
- Lay the pork skin side up on a work surface.
- With a sharp knife make evenly spaced slices in the skin making sure not to cut too deep.
- Turn the pork over so the skin side is down and use a series of long cuts to butterfly the loin section, creating a large rectangle of relatively even thickness.
- In a food processor, combine parsley, rosemary, thyme, garlic, lemon zest, salt, pepper, and half the olive oil, to create an herb paste.
- Score the flesh of the pork in a 2.5 centimeter diagonal pattern.
- Generously spread with the herb paste and rub into the slits.
- Roll up tightly, tie with butcher's twine to create a pork roast.
- Preheat the oven to 325 F (160 C).
- Oil the skin of the pork roast with the second half of the olive oil.
- Season with salt and pepper, rubbing the seasonings to ensure coverage.
- Place into a roasting pan fitted with a rack and roast, uncovered, for four to four and a half hours, or until the juices run clear when the skin is pierced with a knife.
- Turn oven to 425 F (220 C). and cook pork roast for 15 minutes or until the skin blisters.
- Remove from oven and allow to rest for 15 minutes, loosely tented with foil. Slice and serve warm.
Tonnato sauce:
- In a blender, combine tuna, capers, white wine vinegar, lemon juice, and egg yolks.
- Blend ingredients on high and slowly drizzle olive oil into the mixture to make a mayonnaise.
- Serve with the pork roast.