Roast Pork Loin with Curried Apple Butter

To make basting sauce, combine apple butter, bacon, shallots, curry powder, salt and pepper.  

Position the roast, fat-side-up, on a rack in an open pan.  Paint a thick coat of basting sauce on all sides of the roast. 

Place the pan in the middle of the oven and bake for 3 to 3-1/2 hours or until the internal temperature reaches 150 degrees. 

Remove the roast from the oven, cover with foil and allow to rest for 15 minutes before slicing. 

Serve with Mardi Gras Rice and a bottle of Wild Horse Pinot Noir.