Elegant Pork Loin Roast
4.5
Ingredients
- Prep
- 30 min
- Cook
- 180 min
- Total
- 210 min
Instructions
- 1 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- 2 Place roast in a shallow roasting pan. Combine Dijon mustard and 2 tablespoons brown sugar; spread over roast.
- 3 Cook in the preheated oven for 3 hours, basting with 1/4 cup apple juice every 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
- 4 During last hour roast is cooking, combine prunes, apricots, red wine, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 3/4 cup liquid from roasting pan, and cloves in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Spoon fruit around pork roast during the last 30 minutes of cooking.
- 5 Transfer roast to a serving platter; spoon fruit around it. Whisk 1/4 cup drippings from roasting pan and cornstarch together in a bowl; stir back into drippings in roasting pan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring gently, until thickened and no longer cloudy, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a gravy boat or serving bowl.
- 6 Slice roast; serve with sauce.
By JESHENBA