Roast pork with prune, lemon & apple stuffing
Roast pork with prune, lemon & apple stuffing
Ingredients
Stuffing
- 1 1/2 slices multigrain bread, crusts trimmed
- 1/2 cup (85g) pitted prunes, chopped
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 small stick celery, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley
- 1 lemon, zest finely grated
- 1/2 Granny Smith apple, peeled, coarsely grated
- 25g butter, melted
- Salt & freshly ground pepper, to taste
Pork & Gravy
- 1 (1.2kg) rolled pork loin roast
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 2 cups (500ml) chicken stock
- Steamed green vegetables
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 220°C. Chop bread finely. Combine with prunes, onion, celery, parsley, zest, apple, butter, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Mix until well combined.
- 2
Remove string from pork and unroll loin. Pat skin dry with absorbent paper. Lay pork skin side down. Press stuffing evenly over flesh. Roll up to enclose filling. Secure with kitchen string. Combine 2 teaspoons salt with oil and rub evenly over skin.
- 3
Place pork on a rack in a flameproof roasting pan. Pour 1 cup of water into base of pan. Cook for 25 minutes to achieve a good crackling. Reduce heat to 180°C and cook for another 50 minutes, topping up water in pan if necessary, until cooked through. Remove pork from pan. Cover it with foil. Rest for 10 minutes.
- 4
Meanwhile, reduce pan juices on top of stove to 1/4 cup. Add flour and cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add stock and whisk constantly over high heat until gravy boils and thickens. Pour gravy through a fine sieve.
- 5
Serve pork with steamed vegetables and gravy.