{"id":1567,"slug":"holiday-pork-loin","title":"Holiday Pork Loin","description":"This is perfect for serving at Christmas instead of ham, or even as a main dish when guests come over.","ingredients_raw":["1 ea. (4 pounds) boneless pork loin roast","1 cup salt","½ cup honey","2 cups boiling apple cider vinegar","½ cup white wine","1 pound ice","2 tsp garlic powder","2 tbsp black peppercorns, cracked","Dijon mustard","1 tbsp smoked paprika","2 tbsp light brown sugar","2 tsp dehydrated lemon peel","¼ cup crushed ginger snap cookies"],"ingredients_norm":["ea. boneless pork loin roast","salt","honey","boiling apple cider vinegar","white wine","ice","garlic powder","black peppercorns cracked","dijon mustard","smoked paprika","light brown sugar","dehydrated lemon peel","ginger snap cooky"],"steps":["Combine salt, honey, vinegar, and wine in a gallon size zip-top bag. Add ice and shake until ice is mostly melted and mixture has cooled down.","Add pork loin and refrigerate 2 ½–3 hours.","Drain pork and pat dry. Discard remaining brine. Set aside.","Combine remaining ingredients except mustard. Brush pork with mustard and press spice mixture into all sides of meat.","Place roast on a roasting rack in a roasting pan. Insert a probe thermometer into the center and bake at 410°F until internal temperature reaches 140°F for medium rare.","Remove to a plate and let rest 10 minutes before carving. Serve warm."],"categories":["Pork recipes","Recipes using pork","Roasted recipes","Main course recipes","Christmas recipes","Recipes using light brown sugar","Recipes using honey","Recipes using dehydrated lemon zest","Recipes using Dijon mustard"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Holiday_Pork_Loin","source_ref":"4615194","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Holiday_Pork_Loin&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"cf734ab3fdb3da655e56f43978af3940b21bb9ac53055bf40ed27def59219c90","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:04Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:04Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/holiday-pork-loin"}