Dutch oven Salt-Crusted Pork Loin Recipe
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Ingredients
  • 3 lbs coarse Kosher salt (rock salt is preferred)
  • 4 - 5 tbs water
Salt-Crusted Pork Loin
  • 3 - 4 tbs olive oil
  • 2 - 3 lbs pork loin
  • 4 - 6 whole sage leaves
  • 1 tbsp black pepper
  • 2 tbsp minced fresh parsley
  • 2 tbsp minced fresh sage
  • 2 tbsp minced fresh rosemary
  • 4 - 5 garlic cloves, minced
10" Dutch oven
20 - 28 charcoal briquettes
Thermometer
Instructions
  1. Rince and pat dry pork loin.
  2. Score through the fat cap, deeply and in a cross-hatch pattern.
  3. Mix together 2 tbsp of olive oil, black pepper, minced parsley, minced sage, minced rosemary, and minced garlic.
  4. Spread mix over the scored fat cap on pork loin and work into cuts.
  5. Insert a thermometer into center of pork loin.
  6. Pre-heat Dutch oven.
  7. Pour remainder of olive oil into Dutch oven.
  8. Place pork loin in Dutch oven.
  9. Top with whole sage leaves.
  10. Mix water and salt together.
  11. Cover pork loin with salt.
  12. Cover with Dutch oven lid and place coals as required.
  13. Cook until internal temperature reaches 140 °F.
  14. Remove heat and rest pork loin for 5 - 10 minutes.
  15. Remove salt cap.
  16. Brush remaining salt off of pork loin, cut and serve.
Recipe by Cooking Outdoors at https://cooking-outdoors.com/dutch-oven-salt-crusted-pork-loin-recipe/