Molasses-Cured Pork Loin with Apples

Name: Molasses-Cured Pork Loin with Apples
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters cider vinegar; 1 cinnamon stick; 79 milliliters coarse salt; 2 teaspoons coriander seeds; 2 garlic cloves, smashed; 1 teaspoons cracked black pepper; 2 kilograms pork loin, trimmed of fat; 118 milliliters sugar; 8 servings Table salt and finely ground pepper; 4 tart crisp unwaxed apples, cut into 16 wedges each and cored; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter; 118 milliliters unsulphured molasses; 2 liters water

Molasses-Cured Pork Loin with Apples is a gluten free recipe with 8 servings. This recipe covers 29% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This main course has 488 calories, 51g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. This recipe from Food and Wine requires butter, cracked pepper, water, and tart unwaxed apples. To use up the cider vinegar you could follow this main course with the Vinegar Pie as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a large saucepan, combine the water with 1/4 cup of the molasses and the sugar, garlic, coarse salt, cracked pepper, cinnamon, coriander and cloves and bring to a boil.

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Cracked Pepper

Coarse Salt

Coriander

Cinnamon

Molasses

Clove

Garlic

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Let cool completely, then refrigerate until completely chilled.

Put the pork in a medium bowl and add the brine so that the meat is submerged. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours.

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Brine

Meat

Pork

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Bowl

Preheat the oven to 40

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Oven

Remove the pork from the brine and pat dry. Season generously with table salt and finely ground pepper. Set the pork on a rack in a roasting pan and roast for about 50 minutes, or until a meat thermometer inserted in the center registers 14

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Ground Black Pepper

Table Salt

Brine

Meat

Pork

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Kitchen Thermometer

Roasting Pan

Transfer to a platter, cover loosely with foil and let rest for 10 minutes.

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Aluminum Foil

Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large skillet.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Add the apples and cook over moderately high heat, tossing, until just tender, about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the apples to a bowl.

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Apple