Roast pork with red apples
Roast pork, cinnamon and apples. The perfect combination for Sunday lunch.
Roast pork with red apples | |
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Servings: | Serves 6 |
Calories per serving: | 1114 |
Ready in: | 2 hours, 20 minutes |
Prep. time: | 15 minutes |
Cook time: | 2 hours, 5 minutes |
Difficulty: | |
Recipe author: | Chef |
First published: | 26th August 2014 |
Best recipe reviewRemeber this for Stow's Apple Day! 4.8/5 Was lovely. Good to make when all the apples are free. |
Ingredients
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- 2 kg boneless leg of pork
- Handful of fresh sage leaves
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- ¼ teaspoon freshly grond cinnamon powder. A coffee grinder is good for this
- 2 tablespoons of Demerara sugar, jaggery or brown sugar
- 568 ml (1 pint) of dry cider
- 3 red skinned eating apples
Mise en place
- preheat the oven to 200° C (400° F - gas 6), [fan oven 180° C & reduce cooking time by 10 mins per hour]
Method
- Check the weight of the pork for the meat cooking times
- (25 minutes at 200° C per 500g + 25 minutes at 180° C)
- That's 1 hour 40 minutes + 25 minutes for a 2 kg joint
- Pat the skin dry with a paper towel and score with a very sharp knife such as a Utility knife
- Make a paste with the oil, cinnamon and sugar and spread all over the joint
- Our the cider into the base of the roasting tray
- Roast for 1 hour 40 minutes, spooning the juices over the joint every 20 minutes
- Core and quarter the apples and wedge under the pork joint
- Spoon the juices over the meat for the final time, reduce the oven temperature to 180° C (350° F - gas 4), [fan oven 160° C] and roast for a further 25 minutes until the pork is properly cooked
- remove from the oven, cover with tin foil and allow to rest for 10 minutes before carving and serving
Serving suggestions
Serve with roast potatoes, boiled carrots and a gravy of your choice.
See also
- A comprehensive guide to roast meat cooking times - give the time you want to carve your roast and we'll give you a timed step by step roasting guide
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