Herbed Pork and Apples

Impress your guests with an herb-rubbed pork roast roasted with chunks of tart apple and sweet red onion dusted with brown sugar. Serve with a pan sauce enriched with maple syrup and apple juice. Be ready to hand out copies of this recipe!

• Preparation Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr
• Total Time: 3 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 358 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 cup apple juice
• 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 red onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried sage
• ⅔ cup real maple syrup
• 6 pounds pork loin roast
• 4 tart apples - peeled, cored, cut into 1 inch chunks

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Step 2

In a small bowl, combine the sage, thyme, rosemary, marjoram, salt and pepper. Rub over roast. Cover, and refrigerate roast for 6 to 8 hours, or overnight.

Step 3

Place roast in a shallow roasting pan, and bake in the preheated oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Drain fat.

Step 4

In a medium bowl, mix apples and onion with brown sugar. Spoon around roast, and continue to cook for 1 hour more, or until the internal temperature of the roast is 145 degrees F (63 degrees C). Transfer the roast, apples and onion to a serving platter, and keep warm.

Step 5

To make the gravy, skim excess fat from meat juices. Pour drippings into a medium heavy skillet. Stir in apple juice and syrup. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until liquid has been reduced by half, about 1 cup. Slice the roast, and serve with gravy.