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Smoked Pork Roast

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Smoked Pork Roast — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Ingredients

  • 1 ea. (4 pounds) boneless pork loin roast, trimmed of excess fat
  • 1 cup salt
  • 2 cups boiling apple cider vinegar
  • 1 pound ice cubes
  • ¼ cup paprika
  • 2 tbsp cayenne pepper
  • 2 tbsp light brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp dehydrated lemon peel
  • 2 tbsp black peppercorns, cracked
  • Forearm-sized hickory wood chunks
  • ¾ cup honey

Instructions

  1. 1
    Combine salt, honey, and vinegar in a 6-quart container. Add ice, cover, and shake until ice is mostly melted and brine has cooled.
  2. 2
    Add pork roast, toss to coat, and weigh down if needed. Refrigerate 3–3.5 hours.
  3. 3
    Take roast out of brine; rinse with cold water. Pat dry with paper towels and set aside.
  4. 4
    Combine seasonings and sugar. Press into all sides of meat. Set aside.
  5. 5
    Preheat smoker to 200°F with the hickory chunks. Add roast, cover, and cook until internal temperature reaches 135°F for medium rare.
  6. 6
    Remove to a plate and cover tightly with foil. Let rest 15 minutes before serving.
Category
Entree/Main
Method
Roasting

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Smoked_Pork_Roast