Fall is here! After a brutal summer in Nashville I’m welcoming fall comfort food with open arms. First up for us? This fantastic pork roast.

I got the recipe for the marinade from Southern Living; for the actual cooking method I consulted StartCooking.com. This turned out great!

This marinates for at least 12 hours, so it’s great to get going the night before.

Bourbon marinated pork roast

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup bourbon
• 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon white pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Pork tenderloin

Instructions

1. Combine soy sauce through ground ginger in a large zip-top bag or a shallow container; carefully drop in pork and seal or cover and put in the fridge; let it sit at least 12 hours
2. Preheat oven to 450F; remove pork and discard marinade; sprinkle pork with salt and place in dutch oven or on roasting rack, fat side up
3. Roast at 450F for ten minutes, then 250F for another 50-80 minutes until a meat thermometer measures 160; let the meat rest for 15 minutes before slicing.

We had this with almost no-knead bread and roasted broccoli. Yum. Happy fall!