Roasted Pork Loin with White Button Mushroom Sauce

Ingredients

• Pork

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons (7.5 mL) black peppercorns, crushed
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons (7.5 mL) fennel seeds, crushed
  • 1 rack pork loin, with 6 bones, about 4 lbs (1.8 kg)
  • Salt and pepper

• White Button Mushroom Sauce

  • 1/4 cup (60 ml) butter
  • 2 tablespoons (30 ml) unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 bottle 341 ml red ale beer
  • 4 cups (1 litre) chicken broth
  • 3 tablespoons (45 ml) molasses
  • 8 oz (227 g) white button mushrooms, chopped