Roast Pork With Oranges - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 lb. pork loin
1 tsp. powdered sage
salt and pepper
1 c. water
1 Tbsp. red currant jelly
grated rind and juice of 1 orange
1/2 c. sherry
3 to 6 oranges, peeled and sectioned slightly on top *
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Preparation

Rub pork with sage, salt and pepper.
Put on rack in shallow roasting pan and add the water.
Roast, uncovered, in preheated slow oven (325\u00b0) for 2 hours or until meat thermometer registers 170\u00b0.
About 45 minutes before meat is done, remove from oven and pour off fat, leaving pan juices.
Spread jelly over meat and sprinkle with orange rind.
Pour orange juice and sherry over meat.
Finish roasting.
Five minutes before meat is done, add oranges to heat slightly.
Put meat on a platter.