Apricot-Stuffed Pork Shoulder with Soy-Honey Glaze

Name: Apricot-Stuffed Pork Shoulder with Soy-Honey Glaze
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 10 dried apricot halves; 30 servings Crushed red pepper; 2 Tbsps Dijon mustard; 8 garlic cloves, peeled; 2 Tbsps honey; 3 Tbsps mirin (sweet rice wine) , or sweet sherry; 1 boneless pork shoulder roast; 30 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps toasted sesame oil; 2 Tbsps soy sauce

This recipe serves 30. One portion of this dish contains about 8g of protein, 4g of fat, and From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours. Head to the store and pick up salt and pepper, sesame oil, soy sauce, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 27

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Oven

In a small saucepan, cover the garlic cloves with water and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer over moderately low heat until the garlic is barely tender, about 10 minutes.

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Garlic

Water

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Sauce Pan

Drain.

Meanwhile, in a bowl, cover the dried apricots with hot water and let stand until softened, about 10 minutes.

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Dried Apricots

Water

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Bowl

Drain.

Open the pork roast, snipping off the strings if necessary, and set it on a work surface, fat side down. Season the inside of the roast with salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper. Arrange the garlic cloves and dried apricots in the center of the roast.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Dried Apricots

Whole Garlic Cloves

Black Pepper

Pork Roast

Salt

Roll up the roast and tie at 1-inch intervals with kitchen string. Season the outside of the roast with salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper and set it in a roasting pan, fat side up. Roast the pork for 3 hours.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Black Pepper

Pork

Roll

Salt

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Roasting Pan

In a small bowl, combine the mirin with the soy sauce, honey, mustard and sesame oil.

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Sesame Oil

Soy Sauce

Mustard

Honey

Mirin

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Bowl

Brush the pork with half of the glaze and roast for 10 minutes.

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Glaze

Pork

Brush the pork again with the remaining glaze and roast for about 10 minutes longer, until the pork is nicely lacquered and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the roast registers 165 to 17

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Glaze

Pork

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