Garlic Pork Roast With Thyme - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 teaspoon fennel seed
6 minced garlic cloves
4 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon dry mustard
salt and pepper
1 (2 1/4 lb) double boneless center cut pork loin roast (about 1.125 kg)

Preparation

Using a mortar and pestle crush fennel seeds, place in a small bowl.
Mix in garlic, thyme, oil, dry mustard and salt & pepper to form a paste. Rub all over roast.
Place roast on a rack in roasting pan. Roast in centre of a 325\u00b0F (160\u00b0C) convection oven until meat thermometer insterted in the middle registers 160\u00b0F (70\u00b0C) - about 80 minutes.
Transfer to cutting board, tent with foil & let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
If cooking in a conventional oven, set temperature to 325\u00b0F (160\u00b0C) and roast on middle rack for approximately 2 hours.