Roast Pork with Dried Fruits and Squash

Name: Roast Pork with Dried Fruits and Squash
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 680 grams cups cubed peeled butternut or acorn squash; 0 teaspoons black pepper; 118 milliliters dried apricots; 1 teaspoon grated peeled fresh ginger; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 kilograms bone-in pork loin roast; 118 milliliters pitted prunes; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 Tbsp sugar; 473 milliliters hot water

Roast Pork with Dried Fruits and Squash might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 86g of protein, 16g of fat, and a total of 614 calories. This recipe serves 6. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up water, salt, ground cinnamon, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the dried apricots you could follow this main course with the The ultimate makeover: Bread & butter pudding as a dessert.

Instructions

Combine first 3 ingredients; cover and let stand 30 minutes or until soft.

Drain in a colander over a bowl; reserve liquid.

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Bowl

Combine fruit and cinnamon; set aside.

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Cinnamon

Fruit

Preheat oven to 42

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Oven

Trim fat from pork.

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Pork

Cut a 1 1/2-inch-wide horizontal slit through the center of the pork to form a pocket using a long, thin knife. Stuff the apricot mixture into the pocket using the handle of a wooden spoon to help push the apricot mixture to the center of pork.

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Apricot

Pork

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Knife

Place the pork on a broiler pan; insert meat thermometer into thickest portion of pork.

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Meat

Pork

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Broiler Pan

Combine sugar, ginger, salt, and pepper.

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Ginger

Pepper

Sugar

Salt

Pour 1/2 cup reserved liquid over pork; sprinkle with sugar mixture.

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Sugar

Pork

Bake at 425 for 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 (do not remove pork from oven); bake at 325 for 25 minutes. Arrange the squash around pork.

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Squash