Pork Roast with Sweet Onion-Pumpkin Seed Relish

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon rosemary fresh minced
• 4 teaspoons thyme leaves fresh divided minced
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar light
• 2 tablespoons olive oil 
• 0.1 teaspoon pepper freshly ground
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper freshly ground
• 5 lb pork loin roast bone-in
• 0.3 cup pumpkin seeds toasted
• 1.3 teaspoons salt divided
• 2 lb onions sweet cut into 1/2-inch-thick rings
• 1 teaspoon citrus champagne vinegar 

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• roasting pan
• kitchen thermometer
• aluminum foil
• cutting board

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 45
2. Sprinkle 1 tsp. salt and 1/2 tsp. pepper over pork; rub rosemary and 1 Tbsp. thyme over pork.
3. Place pork in a lightly greased roasting pan.
4. Toss together onions, olive oil, 1/8 tsp. pepper, and remaining 1/4 tsp. salt until coated. Arrange onions around pork.
5. Bake at 450 for 30 minutes; reduce oven temperature to 37
6. Bake 50 more minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 145, stirring onions once.
7. Transfer pork to a cutting board; cover loosely with aluminum foil, and let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
8. Meanwhile, coarsely chop onions; transfer to a bowl. Stir in vinegar, brown sugar, and remaining 1 tsp. thyme. Stir in pumpkin seeds before serving.
9. Serve pork with relish.