Roast Pork with Plum Sauce

This pork roast recipe is great for your family or for guests and the easy ingredients are all things you can find in your house.

Serves: 10
Cook Time: 3 Hours

Smithfield Product: Pork Loin

Ingredients

• Roast:
  1 5-pound Smithfield Pork Loin Roast
  2 cloves garlic slivered
  2 teaspoons salt
  2 teaspoons dried or fresh rosemary
  1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
  1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme
  1 1/2 teaspoons rubbed sage
  1/4 teaspoon pepper
  1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  
  Plum Sauce:
  2 tablespoons butter
  3/4 cup chopped onions
  1 cup plum preserves
  2/3 cup water
  1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  1/3 cup chili sauce
  1/4 cup soy sauce
  2 tablespoons prepared mustard
  3 drops Tabasco sauce
  2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  Garlic salt to taste

Steps

To make the sauce melt the butter in a saucepan; add the onions and saute until tender. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 15 minutes. Set aside. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Moisten the roast with a damp paper towel to help hold the seasonings. In a small bowl stir together the garlic salt herbs and spices. With a sharp knife make 1/2 inch deep slits in the top of the roast. Press the seasonings mixture into the slits and rub the remainder over the entire roast. Place the roast in a roaster pan and pour 1/2 cup plum sauce over it. Cover and bake for 2 1/2 hours. Uncover and roast and baste it with additional plum sauce; bake for 30 minutes longer basting 2 or 3 times until the roast is nicely browned. Serve the remaining plum sauce on the side for dipping.

Serving Suggestions

Serve with grilled potato wedges fresh green beans and French bread with a roasted garlic bulb.

This recipe was specially prepared and created by Paula Deen for Smithfield. Recipe and photo courtesy of Smithfield.