Pork Roast with a Walnut-Parmesan Crust

Pork Roast with a Walnut-Parmesan Crust
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Pork Roast with a Walnut-Parmesan Crust a try. This recipe makes 6 servings with 410 calories, 32g of protein, and 27g of fat each. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have salt and pepper, chicken stock, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 32
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Spread the walnuts in a pie plate and toast for about 10 minutes, or until golden.
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Let cool, then coarsely grind the nuts. Leave the oven on.
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Melt the butter in a medium skillet.
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Add the onion and cook over moderately high heat until softened and lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
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Add the ground walnuts, bread crumbs, parsley and sage and let cool. Stir in the Parmesan and season with salt and pepper.
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Spread the pork roast open and season with salt and pepper.
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Spread half of the walnut mixture on the pork, then roll up the roast and tie it at 1-inch intervals with cotton string.
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In a sturdy roasting pan, heat the olive oil until shimmering. Season the roast with salt and pepper and cook over moderately high heat until browned all over, 10 to 12 minutes.
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Add 1/2 cup of water to the pan. Roast the pork for about 2 hours, basting occasionally and adding 1/4 cup of water to the pan each time you baste. The meat is done when an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center of the roast registers 16
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Transfer the pork to a baking sheet and let stand for 10 minutes.
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Pour any pan juices into a measuring cup and skim off the fat.
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Preheat the broiler. Discard the strings from the pork roast. Press the remaining ground walnut mixture onto the pork roast and broil 10 inches from the heat for about 5 minutes, or until the nut crust is golden and crisp.
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Let the pork stand while you make the sauce.
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Set the roasting pan over high heat.
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Add the red wine and boil until reduced by half, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
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Add the chicken stock and any reserved pan juices and boil until reduced by one-third.
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Whisk the flour into 2 tablespoons of water, then whisk the slurry into the sauce in the roasting pan and bring to a boil. Cook until the sauce is slightly thickened and no floury taste remains. Strain the sauce into a gravy boat and season with salt and pepper.
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Carve the pork into thick slices and serve with the sauce.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In45 m.
Servings6
Health Score26
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