Stuffed Crown Roast of Pork recipe

Name: Stuffed Crown Roast of Pork
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 3 h 10 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons butter; 1 pound ground pork; 9 pounds crown pork roast; 0.75 cup chopped onion; 1.5 teaspoons salt; 1.5 teaspoons ground black pepper; 0.5 teaspoon dried sage; 0.5 cup fresh bread crumbs; 0.25 cup chopped celery; 0.5 cup peeled, cored and chopped tart apple; 0.5 pound ground seasoned pork sausage; 0.5 cup chopped parsley

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place a rack in a shallow roasting pan.

Step 2

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat until foam subsides. Sauté onion in hot butter for about 5 minutes. Stir in apple and celery; sauté without browning, about 5 minutes more. Transfer onion mixture to a large mixing bowl.

Step 3

Add ground pork, sausage meat, bread crumbs, parsley, salt, pepper, and sage to onion mixture in the bowl; mix gently but thoroughly. (To taste for seasoning, fry a small ball of stuffing in the skillet until pork is cooked through.)

Step 4

Fill the center of the crown with stuffing, mounding it slightly. Cover stuffing with a round of aluminum foil; wrap the ends of the chop bones in strips of foil to prevent them from charring and snapping off. Place the crown on the rack in the prepared pan.

Step 5

Roast pork in the center of the preheated oven for about 3 hours, removing foil from stuffing about 30 minutes before pork is done to allow the top to brown. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of meat near the bone should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

Step 6

Carefully transfer pork to a large, heated, circular platter. Remove foil from the ends of the chops and replace with paper frills. Let pork rest for about 10 minutes before carving and serving.