Bourbon Pork Roast

Bourbon Pork Roast

3 lbs. pork roast
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
ground black pepper
1/4 cup water
1/8 cup cooking sherry
chopped parsley
1 bay leaf
1/4 cup bourbon

Place the pork roast fat side up in a roaster.
Rub the roast with lemon juice.
Mix together the brown sugar, flour, paprika and salt.
Rub this mixture all over the roast.
Generously sprinkle with ground black pepper.
Combine water, 1/8 cup sherry, and 1/8 cup bourbon, and pour over the roast.
Place a bay leaf in the pan and sprinkle the roast with parsley.
Baste heavily and often.
After 1 1/4 hours, pour the remaining bourbon over the roast, and continue to baste until you are ready to serve roast.
Bake approximately 2 1/2 hours or 45 minutes per pound.

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