Pork Roast


 * Serves 4 to 6
 * Cooking time: 3½ hours

Ingredients

 * 3 to 5 pounds roasting pork
 * salt and pepper to taste
 * 1 teaspoon powdered ginger
 * 1 tablespoon lemon juice
 * 1 onion, finely chopped
 * 1 quart water
 * tomato sauce

Directions

 * 1) Season pork with ginger, onions, salt, pepper, and lemon juice in a large deep saucepan.
 * 2) Add water and boil slowly for 30 minutes.
 * 3) Cool for 30 minutes and remove meat, reserving stock for basting.
 * 4) Preheat oven to 350°F.
 * 5) Stir tomato sauce into stock and empty it into a large baking dish.
 * 6) Place this under the rack at the center of oven.
 * 7) Transfer roast onto the rack so that juices from the meat can drip into the dish underneath.
 * 8) Continue baking at 350°F, allowing 1 hour per pound.
 * 9) Baste constantly with seasoned stock.
 * 10) Cook until meat is completely done (when no juice comes out when meat is prickled).
 * 11) Gravy underneath meat should be sizzling by this time (2½ hours).