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Roast Pork with Fruit Stuffing and Mustard Sauce
 
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Prep Time: 180 Minutes
Cook Time: 1 Minutes
Ready In: 181 Minutes
Servings: 6
ROAST PORK WITH FRUIT STUFFING AND MUSTARD SAUCE
Ingredients:
1 (2 lb) 4-bone center-cut pork rib roast, bones frenched,roast well trimmed
8 whole dried apricots
8 whole pitted prunes
2 tablespoons corn oil
1 1/2 teaspoons dried marjoram
1 onion, coarsely chopped
2 large carrots, coarsely chopped
6 cloves garlic, peeled
1 1/2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
1 tablespoon coarse-grained dijon mustard
1 1/2 cups low sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup dry white wine
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Using long slender knife, carve out 3/4-inch-diameter horizontal tunnel through center of pork.
3. Chop carved-out meat and reserve.
4. Using handle of wooden spoon, firmly pack apricots and prunes into tunnel of roast.
5. Place roast on rack in roasting pan; rub with 1 tablespoon oil.
6. Sprinkle roast with 1/2 teaspoon marjoram, salt, and pepper.
7. Scatter onion, carrots, garlic cloves, and chopped meat around rack in pan.
8. Drizzle vegetables with 1 tablespoon oil; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon marjoram.
9. Roast pork until instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of meat (not stuffing) registers 150°F, stirring vegetables occasionally, about 1 hour 25 minutes.
10. Transfer pork to cutting board; tent with foil to keep warm.
11. Whisk butter, flour, and both mustards in small bowl to blend.
12. Add broth and wine to roasting pan; place on 2 burners and simmer juices over medium heat until mixture is reduced to 1 1/2 cups, scraping up browned bits, about 3 minutes.
13. Strain liquid into small saucepan; skim fat from surface.
14. Bring liquid to boil.
15. Whisk in mustard mixture; simmer until sauce thickens slightly, whisking frequently, about 3 minutes.
16. Season with salt and pepper.
17. Cut pork between ribs into chops.
18. Serve with sauce.
19. Drink with Prinz von Hessen 2001 Riesling Kabinett Winkeler Hasensprung.
20. Makes 4 servings.
By RecipeOfHealth.com