Roast Pork With Sage Leaves and Vinegar

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   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

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   Using a heavy dutch oven or enameled casserole just large enough for the pork, brown the meat in the oil on all sides.

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   Remove it from the casserole and season it with salt and pepper.

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   Add the vinegar, scraping up the cooking juices, and the sage, reserving a few leaves to go on top of the pork.

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   Return the pork to the casserole and sprinkle the remaining leaves on top of it.

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   Cover and bake, basting from time to time, for about two and a half hours, or until the temperature on a meat thermometer registers 155 degrees, which is high enough to kill any trichinosis bacteria.

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   Do not overcook the pork or it will be dry and tough.

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   Let the pork cool in its cooking juices.

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   Put the meat on a platter and pour the juices into a small container and put it in a freezer.

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    When the fat on top has congealed, lift it off.

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    The juices can now be heated up as a gravy or swirled into the plum sauce below.

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    To serve the pork, slice it thin and arrange it on a serving platter.

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    Decorate it with sprigs of sage and slices of lemon.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.