Apple Cranberry Stuffed Pork Roast

Name: Apple Cranberry Stuffed Pork Roast
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters apple cider; 118 milliliters cider vinegar; 177 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 1 large shallot, peeled, thinly sliced; 355 milliliters dried apples (packed); 118 milliliters dried cranberries; 1 Tbsp grated fresh ginger; 1 Tbsp yellow mustard seeds; 1 teaspoons ground allspice; 0 teaspoons cayenne pepper; 1 kilograms boneless center-cut pork loin roast (short and wide - about 7-8 inches long and 4-5 inches wide); 1 serving Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Apple Cranberry Stuffed Pork Roast requires about about 45 minutes from start to finish. For $3.18 per serving, you get a main course that serves 6. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 469 calories, 43g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. This recipe from Simply Recipes requires kosher salt and pepper, center-cut pork loin roast, cayenne pepper, and shallot.

Instructions

Chill the roast to make it easier to cut: Before starting on the pork, put the pork roast in the freezer for 30 minutes to make it easier to cut. While the pork is chilling, you can make the filling.

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Pork Roast

Pork

Make the filling and glaze: Bring all the filling ingredients to simmer in medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Cover, reduce heat to low, and cook until apples are very soft, about 20 minutes.

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Apple

Glaze

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Sauce Pan

Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, reserving the liquid. Use a rubber spatula to press against the apple mixture in the sieve to extract as much liquid out as possible.

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Extract

Apple

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Spatula

Sieve

Return liquid to saucepan and simmer over medium-high heat until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 5 minutes.

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat, set aside and reserve this liquid for use as a glaze.

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Glaze

Pulse apple mixture in food processor, about fifteen 1-second pulses. Set aside.

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Apple

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oven to 350°F or prepare your grill for indirect heat.

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Oven

Butterfly the roast: You will be "double-butterflying" the pork roast.

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Pork Roast

Lay the roast down, fat side up. Insert the knife into the roast 1/2-inch horizontally from the bottom of the roast, along the long side of the roast.

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Knife

Make a long cut along the bottom of the roast, stopping 1/2 inch before the edge of the roast. You might find it easier to handle by starting at a corner of the roast.

Open up the roast and continue to cut through the thicker half of the roast, again keeping 1/2 inch from the bottom. Repeat until the roast is an even 1/2-inch thickness all over when laid out.

If necessary, pound the roast to an even thickness with a meat pounder.

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Meat

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Meat Tenderizer

Spread filling on roast and roll up tightly: Season the inside of the roast well with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Spread

Roll

Spread out the filling on the roast, leaving a 1/2-inch border from the edges.

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Spread

Starting with the short side of the roast, roll it up very tightly. Secure with kitchen twine at 1-inch intervals. Season the outside of the roast generously with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Roll

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Kitchen Twine