Pork Roast With Marsala - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 boneless pork loin roast
6 garlic cloves, cut in half
3 bay leaves, cut in half
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup dry marsala
1/2 cup water

Preparation

Preheat oven to 475. Make 12 slits in pork and stud pieces of garlic. Sprinkle with bay leaves.
Put pork in roasting pan. Rub with salt, pepper and olive oil.
Roast pork 15 minutes. Turn oven down to 350 and roast for 1 hour longer, turning once. Remove meat to carving board and over with foil to keep warm.
Skim fat from pan juices. Set pan over low heat, add marsala and water, bring to a boil, scraping brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Boil until liquid is reduced to 3/4 cup, about 5 minutes.
Slice pork and drizzle pan juices over meat.