Fruit Pecan Pork Roast Recipes

PECAN-CRUSTED PORK TENDERLOIN WITH RASPBERRY-CHIPOTLE SAUCE

Steps:

• For the pork: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Prepare the pork tenderloins by rinsing under cold water. Pat dry and set aside.
• Combine the breadcrumbs, pecans, rosemary, salt and pepper in a 9-by-13-inch pan. Set aside. Place the egg whites in a small bowl and whip slightly.
• Brush the tenderloins with the whipped egg whites. Then dredge in the breadcrumb mixture, pressing to adhere. Place on a baking sheet. Bake until done, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest about 10 minutes prior to slicing.
• For the raspberry-chipotle sauce: Combine the raspberry preserves with the adobo sauce.
• To serve: Slice the tenderloins and serve with the raspberry-chipotle sauce.

FRUIT-PECAN PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Place roast on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45 minutes. , Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute onions in 1 tablespoon of butter for 1 minute. Add orange juice and bay leaf; cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened, about 4 minutes. Add the cranberry sauce, broth, pecans and vinegar; cook and stir until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat; stir in the salt, pepper, sugar and remaining butter until butter is melted. Discard bay leaf. , Remove 1/4 cup sauce and stir in preserves; spoon over roast. Set remaining sauce aside. Bake 20-25 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 145°. Let meat stand for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with reserved sauce.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH PEACH AND PECAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the pork and cook until well browned on both sides. Remove the pork from the skillet.
• Add the garlic and onions to the skillet and cook and stir for 1 minute. Stir the soup, peach juice, soy sauce and honey in the skillet and heat to a boil. Cook for 5 minutes or until the soup mixture is slightly reduced.
• Return the pork to the skillet. Stir in the peaches. Reduce the heat to low. Cook until the pork is cooked through. Stir in the pecans. Serve the pork and sauce with the rice. Sprinkle with additional sliced green onion, if desired.

PECAN-COATED ROAST LOIN OF PORK

Steps:

• Rub the pork loin with olive oil, making sure that it is well covered. Combine the sage, thyme, garlic, salt, pepper and brown sugar in the bowl of a food processor or blender and pulse until you have a thick paste. You may have to add a drizzle of olive oil to get it started. Slather the paste all over the pork loin, cover it with plastic wrap, and refrigerate it over night.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place the pecans in the bowl of a food processor or blender and pulse until they are finely chopped. Roll the pork loin in the crushed pecans and place it in a roasting pan. Make a tent of aluminum foil and arrange it over the pork loin, covering the nuts completely so they won't char.
• Roast for 30 minutes; then lower the heat to 350 degrees and continue to roast. After 1 hour and 20 minutes, remove the aluminum foil and continue to roast until the pork is done, approximately 20 minutes more. Serve hot.

FRUITY PORK ROAST

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients; set aside. Cut roast in half; sprinkle with salt, pepper and ginger. , Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Pour fruit mixture over roast. Place apple and parsley around roast. Cover and cook on low until meat is tender, 5-6 hours. , Transfer meat to a serving platter. Let stand for 10-15 minutes before slicing.

BOURBON PECAN PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat and brown the pork on all sides.
• Put the meat on a rack in a roasting pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Cook 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add the pecans to the oil in the frying pan, cook over medium heat 1 minute and remove.
• Combine the bourbon, sugar and 1/4 tsp salt.
• Add to the frying pan and boil until the sugar dissolves and bourbon reduces slightly, 1 to 2 minutes.
• After the meat has cooked 30 minutes, begin basting with the bourbon sauce.
• Cook until a meat thermometer stuck in the center reaches 160°F, about 30 more minutes.
• Five minutes before the meat is done, sprinkle with pecans.

SLOW-COOKER ROAST PORK WITH FRUIT

Steps:

• Place onion in 4- to 5-quart slow cooker. Place pork on onion; top with fruit. Mix remaining ingredients; pour over fruit.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 7 to 9 hours or until pork is tender. Serve fruit mixture over pork. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer's directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.

CROWN ROAST OF PORK WITH SAVORY FRUIT STUFFING

Steps:

• Place pork roast in roasting pan, resting on bone tips (like a rack).
• Insert a meat thermometer into the thickest part of the meat.
• Roast, uncovered, at 325°F for 1 1/2 hours.
• In a medium skillet, heat vegetable oil.
• Sauté onions and celery until onions are golden.
• Transfer to a large bowl.
• Add remaining ingredients and toss well.
• Remove roast from oven; drain off excess fat.
• Turn roast right side up (bones facing up), and replace in pan.
• Fill cavity with stuffing.
• Spoon the rest of the stuffing into a greased baking dish.
• Bake stuffing uncovered with pork roast for another 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until meat thermometer registers 160°F.
• Let roast stand 15 minutes, prior to slicing.
• Apple and Sausage Stuffing: Saute sausage in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat until cooked through, crumbling sausage with back of spoon, about 10 minutes.
• Using slotted spoon, transfer sausage to large bowl.
• Add butter, onions and celery to skillet; saute until onions are tender, about 15 minutes.
• Add apples; saute until apples are tender but still hold shape, about 10 minutes.
• Add sage, thyme and allspice; saute for another minute.
• Add to sausage.
• Stir in stuffing mix.
• Season with salt and pepper, (stuffing can be made a day ahead; store in covered bowl, in refrigerator) Generously butter 15x10-inch glass baking dish.
• Fill center of crown roast of pork with stuffing (following above directions).
• Transfer remaining stuffing to prepared dish.
• Cover with foil and bake until heated through, about 40 minutes.

ROASTED PORK LOIN WITH TROPICAL FRUITS

Steps:

• Combine 2 cups Sherry, cinnamon stick, lemon juice and peel in medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Simmer 2 minutes. Add prunes and apricots. Simmer until fruits are tender and mixture thickens slightly, about 20 minutes.
• Combine 2 cups Sherry, peppercorns and cloves in small saucepan over medium heat. Simmer 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cool marinade to room temperature. Using sharp knife, make lengthwise cut down center of pork, cutting 3/4 of the way through. Open as for book. Sprinkle cut side with some of onion. Close pork. Place in 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining onion. Pour marinade over. Cover pork and fruit separately; chill overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Drain any liquid from fruit mixture; reserve liquid, discarding cinnamon stick. Stir mango, papaya and sugar into fruit mixture. Discard pork marinade; pat pork dry. Open pork as for book. Season inside with salt and pepper. Spoon 2/3 cup fruit mixture down center of pork; reserve remaining fruit mixture. Fold pork over, enclosing filling. Tie pork in several places with kitchen string to keep filling in place. Season with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook until brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer to large roasting pan. Roast until thermometer inserted into center of pork registers 160°F., about 1 hour 15 minutes. Place pork on platter; reserve pan juices. Tent pork with foil and let stand 20 minutes.
• Mix reserved liquid from fruit, remaining fruit and reserved pan juices in heavy small saucepan. Bring to simmer. Slice pork; serve with fruit sauce.