Pork Cider Stuffing Recipes

STUFFED PORK LOIN WITH CIDER SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion and pepper, and sauté 6 to 8 minutes or until tender. Add cider, diced apples, chopped apricots and 1 teaspoon of sage, and bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 2 minutes. Remove from heat, and let stand 5 minutes. Stir in stuffing mix, and set aside.
• Butterfly 1 pork loin by making a horizontal cut (about one-half down from top) into 1 side of pork, cutting to within ½ inch of other side. (Do not cut all the way through roast.).
• Unfold top cut piece, open, and lay flat. Place pork between 2 sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap; flatten to ½-inch thickness using a mallet or rolling pin. Rub pork loin completely with 1 tablespoon olive oil, and sprinkle both sides with 1 teaspoon of sage. Spread stuffing mixture on pork, leaving a ½-inch border. Roll up roast trying to keep stuffing inside, and tie with kitchen string at 2-inch intervals. (It actually was easier for me to cut the roast in half and roll up each half separately).
• Arrange apple wedges in a single layer in the bottom of a 13- x 9-inch roasting pan. Place roast(s), seam sides down, on apples.
• Bake at 450° for 25 minutes. Reduce temperature to 425°; bake 25 more minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 155°. Remove from oven and place on platter tented with foil; let stand 15 minutes or until thermometer reaches 160° before slicing. Discard apples.
• Place baking pan on stove top over medium high heat, and add cider. Boil, scraping up any brown bits from baking, until approximately 1/3 cup remains in the pan. It will be dark brown and thickish.
• Add cream and sugar and boil until thickened, approximately 3-5 minutes.
• Remove string, and slice. Serve pork with cider sauce drizzled over top of each slice. .

PORK WITH APRICOT SAGE STUFFING AND CIDER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 190°C/Gas 5. Roughly chop 5 slices of the Parma ham and mix with the butter, sage and apricots; set aside. Put the pork steaks, one at a time, into a thick plastic food bag and bash with a rolling pin until their thickness is reduced by half.
• Take two slices of the Parma ham and place on a board, overlapping slightly. Cover with one of the pork steaks and spoon some of the apricot mixture into the middle. Roll up with the ham then cover tightly in a piece of oiled foil. Put on a sturdy baking tray. Repeat with the remaining pork steaks, stuffing mixture and ham.
• Bake the pork in the centre of the oven for 20 minutes, then remove and carefully snip away the foil. Return to the oven for a further 8-10 minutes until the pork is thoroughly cooked. To make the sauce, pour the cider and stock into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Leave to boil for 5-8 minutes or until the liquid has reduced by half.
• Stir in the cream and continue simmering for a few minutes more or until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of the spoon. Season to taste. Serve the pork rolls with mustard mashed potatoes, the cider sauce and plenty of seasonal vegetables.

CROWN ROAST OF PORK WITH APPLE AND PORK STUFFING AND CIDER GRAVY

Steps:

• Make pork:
• Position pork atop 9- to 10-inch-diameter tart pan bottom. Transfer to large rimmed baking sheet. Brush pork with oil. Combine salt, sugar, thyme, sage and pepper in small bowl. Rub spice mixture over pork. Cover with plastic and refrigerate overnight.
• Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 450°F. Fill pork cavity with enough stuffing to mound in center. Cover tips of pork bones with foil. Roast pork 20 minutes. Reduce temperature to 325°F. Continue roasting until thermometer inserted into center of pork meat registers 150°F, about 1 hour 50 minutes. Remove foil from bones. Continue roasting until thermometer inserted into center of pork and stuffing registers 155°F, about 15 minutes longer. Carefully transfer roast atop tart pan bottom to platter.
• Make gravy:
• Add 1 cup broth to baking sheet and scrape up browned bits from bottom of baking sheet. Pour juices into 2-cup glass measuring cup; freeze 15 minutes. Spoon fat off top of pan juices. Transfer pan juices to medium saucepan. Add remaining 1/2 cup beef broth and apple cider. Bring to boil. Dissolve cornstarch into applejack in small bowl; whisk into broth mixture. Boil until gravy thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer gravy to sauceboat.
• Carve roast between bones to separate chops. Serve with stuffing and gravy.

MOIST AND TASTY PORK STUFFING

Steps:

• Place meat, onion, celery and seasoning in a pot. Cover with water. Bring to a boil and simmer for one hour stirring occasionally to break up meat chunks.
• Remove from heat. If there is an excess amount of liquid pour in a cup and reserve. Stir in the stuffing mixture. This mixture should be a little dryer than you like it since it will absorb some of the turkey juices. If too dry, add some of the reserved liquid.
• The stuffing can be prepared the night before and refrigerated overnight. This makes enough to stuff a 20 lb bird. Remember not to stuff your turkey until it is ready to cook. You can cook the stuffing that didn't fit in your bird in a crock pot (or in the oven if you have room).

AUTUMN STUFFED PORK LOIN WITH CIDER GRAVY

Steps:

• Butterfly the pork loin so that it can be stuffed. Cut kitchen twine into lengths for tying, lay out on work surface, then place roast on top.
• Chop onion and celery into the same size chunks. Saute in oil until softened. Stir in apples, also cut to size, then 1 tsp thyme, garlic, and a pinch of regular salt. Saute just 1-2 minutes more, so as not to burn the garlic.
• Remove from heat, let cool, and spoon this filling onto the roast, leaving 1 1/2 inches at each end without filling. This will help keep the filling from oozing out during baking. Fold pork over and tie securely.
• Sprinkle the outside of roast with coarse salt, ground pepper, and the rest of the thyme.
• Place on a rack in a roasting pan, pouring 1 cup chicken broth into the bottom.
• Roast at 325 F until meat reaches at least 145 internally. approximately 90 minutes. Let meat rest, loosely tented with foil, while you prepare gravy.
• Bring pan drippings plus cider and remaining 1 cup chicken broth to a simmer, scraping up any bits on the bottom of pan.
• Combine flour and water til smooth, then slowly add to the gravy, to thicken. use as little thickener as possible, to make a thin gravy.