Roast pork with apple

Recipes / Meat

Get some pork on your fork with this sensational roast which is paired with the classic flavours of apple and brandy.

Recipe «Roast pork with apple» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 2:50 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 3kg joint of pork leg, 1/4 cup olive oil, 1 tbsp sea salt, 6 desiree potatoes, cut into quarters, 6 spring onions , trimmed , 1 tbsp rosemary leaves, chopped, 4 fuji apples, 1 tbsp brandy , 2 tbsp plain flour, 1 3/4 cups Massel vegetable liquid stock.

Ingredients:

  • 3kg joint of pork leg 
  • 1/4 cup olive oil 
  • 1 tbsp sea salt 
  • 6 desiree potatoes, cut into quarters 
  • 6 spring onions , trimmed 
  • 1 tbsp rosemary leaves, chopped 
  • 4 fuji apples 
  • 1 tbsp brandy 
  • 2 tbsp plain flour 
  • 1 3/4 cups Massel vegetable liquid stock 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 250°C. Place pork in a large roasting pan. Rub 2 tablespoons oil over rind. Sprinkle with sea salt, using fingertips to rub into rind. Roast for 20 minutes. Place potatoes, onions, rosemary and remaining oil in a large bowl. Toss until well coated.
  2. Reduce oven to 180°C. Roast pork for a further 40 minutes. Remove pork from oven and baste with pan juices. Arrange potatoes and onions around pork. Roast for a further 1 hour.
  3. Cut apples into quarters. Remove cores. Arrange apples in roasting pan with pork. Baste with pan juices. Roast for a further 30 to 40 minutes or until pork is just cooked.
  4. Remove pork to a plate. Cover loosely with foil. Stand for 15 minutes to rest. Spread vegetables and apple over roasting pan. Increase oven to 220°C. Roast for a further 10 minutes or until golden and tender. Remove vegetables and apple to a serving platter.
  5. Drain excess fat from roasting pan, leaving 2 tablespoons. Place pan over medium heat. Add brandy and stir to scrape sediment from base of pan. Add flour. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Remove pan from heat and stir in stock. Return pan to heat. Cook, stirring, until gravy comes to the boil. Slice pork and serve with apple, vegetables and gravy.