Arista Marinata con l’Uva – A Traditional Italian Recipe

Baked Pork with Grapes

Arista marinata con l’uva is a grape-marinated Italian pork roast dish. It’s a traditional Tuscan recipe that’s popular in the autumn when grapes are in season.

Ingredients (serves 6)

• 1 kg piece of pork loin
• 2 twigs rosemary
• 10 sage leaves
• 40 grapes (red, green or a mix)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• fresh black pepper
• ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 glass of white wine

Preparation

Preheat oven to 250°C. Finely cut the rosemary and sage, mix well with fresh black pepper and a teaspoon of salt. Rub the pork loin all over with this mixture, then place in a baking dish drizzling the meat with half a cup of olive oil. Place the meat at this point in the pre-heated oven for 20 minutes. While the meat is in the oven, cut
the grapes in half and remove the seeds. Mix the grapes with a little olive oil, salt and pepper and let marinate for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes remove the pork and turn the heat down to 160°C. Add the white wine and the grapes to the pork and put again in the oven allowing to cook for 40 minutes occasionally basting the pork with the juices.

Baked Pork with Grapes Arista marinata con l’uva is a grape-marinated Italian pork roast dish. It’s a traditional Tuscan recipe that’s popular in the autumn when grapes are in season. Ingredients (serves 6) • 1 kg piece of pork loin • 2 twigs rosemary • 10 sage leaves • 40…

Baked Pork with Grapes Arista marinata con l’uva is a grape-marinated Italian pork roast dish. It’s a traditional Tuscan recipe that’s popular in the autumn when grapes are in season. Ingredients (serves 6) • 1 kg piece of pork loin • 2 twigs rosemary • 10 sage leaves • 40…