Pork loin on the bone in the oven

If you want to cook very tasty meat and you have time, then there is a wonderful recipe for baked pork loin with garlic and star anise!

Cut the pork loin so that you get pieces of meat on the bone. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Season the meat with salt and pepper. Heat a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a frying pan. Fry the meat on all sides. Firstly, it will preserve juiciness, and secondly, it will give a beautiful ruddy crust! Put the bacon on both sides of the meat, it will preserve the tenderness of the loin during baking. In a baking dish, put crushed garlic cloves, coarsely chopped fennel, star anise and thyme sprigs, and put the meat on top, watering it with the juice formed in a frying pan after frying. But that's not all, do not rush to wash the pan, but just pour a glass of water into it and put it on the fire. In the process of heating it, scrape off the caramelized juices with a wooden spatula. Add the resulting liquid to the meat. Now cover the form with two sheets of foil and send it to the oven for 2 hours. It is recommended to pour juice on the meat from the bottom of the mold every 30 minutes so that the meat does not dry out. Put the finished meat in a bowl and cover. Now we need to prepare the sauce for the meat. Put the form in which our loin was baked on the fire and bring to a boil, then repeat the steps with a wooden spatula. At the same time, you need to crush the softened garlic and fennel. Everything can be passed through a sieve along with vegetables, turning them into mashed potatoes. Then add the mustard, put it on the fire again and bring it to the desired density. Loin pieces free from bacon, put on a dish and serve with sauce!