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Holiday
Stuffed Pork Roast
3/4
cup Slivered almonds 2 tablespoons Butter or margarine 3/4 cup
Sliced green onions 3/4 cup Chopped celery 4 cups Cooked brown
rice 3/4 cup Orange juice, divided 2 tablespoons Grated orange
peel 1 tablespoon Diced crystallized ginger, divided 1/2 teaspoon
Salt 1 Boneless pork loin roast, (3-1/2 lbs.), rolled 1 teaspoon
Dried rosemary, crushed 1/4 teaspoon Cracked black pepper 16
ounces Cranberry sauce (canned) 1 Orange, peeled & sectioned Cook
almonds in butter in large skillet over medium-high heat until brown. Add
onions and celery; cook until vegetables are tender crisp. Stir in rice,
1/2 cup orange juice, orange peel, 1 teaspoon ginger, and salt; set aside.
Untie roast, and spoon rice mixture lengthwise between loins. Retie roast
securely with string at 2- to 3-inch intervals; place, fat side down, on
rack in shallow roasting pan. Combine rosemary and pepper; sprinkle over
roast. Insert meat thermometer. It should not touch stuffing or fat. Bake
at 325 F. for 1-1/2 hours. Combine cranberry sauce, remaining orange
juice, remaining ginger, and orange in small saucepan; stir well. Simmer
over medium heat 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Brush about 1/2 cup
cranberry mixture over pork. Bake an additional 15 minutes or until meat
thermometer registers 170 F. Let roast stand 10 minutes. Remove string and
slice roast. Serve with remaining cranberry
sauce.
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