1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup dry sherry
1 tablespoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon dried whole thyme
2 cloves garlic minced
1 (3- to 4-pound) pork loin roast boned, rolled, and tied
Marinated Pork Roast, made from boneless loin, with a faintly Oriental air.
Combine soy sauce, sherry, mustard, ginger, thyme, and garlic in a shallow dish; stir well.
Place roast in dish. Cover and marinate roast overnight in refrigerator; turn occasionally.
Remove roast to a well-greased rack in a shallow roasting pan, reserving marinade. Insert meat thermometer, at an angle, into thickest part of roast.
Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 2 hours and 45 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 170°.
Baste with reserved marinade every 15 minutes during last 45 minutes of cooking time.
Remove roast to a serving platter.
Let roast stand 10 to 15 minutes before slicing.