Apple-Filled Pork Roast
- Cooking spray
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/8 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 1 cup diced peeled Rome apple (about 1/2 pound)
- 1/4 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 8 large pitted prunes, diced
- 1 (2-pound) lean, boned pork loin roast
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup apple juice
- Rosemary sprigs (optional)
- Preheat oven to 325u0b0.
- Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; place over medium heat until hot. Add onion; saute 2 minutes. Add mushrooms, 1/2 teaspoon thyme, and 1/8 teaspoon rosemary; saute 3 minutes. Add apple and next 5 ingredients (apple through prunes); saute 2 minutes or until apple is crisp-tender. Set aside.
- Trim fat from pork roast. Cut a wide, deep pocket in side of roast. Stuff the apple mixture into pocket. Tie roast at 1-inch intervals with heavy string. Sprinkle roast with 1/2 teaspoon thyme, 1/4 teaspoon rosemary, and 1/8 teaspoon salt.
- Place roast on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Insert meat thermometer into roast. Bake at 325u0b0 for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 160u0b0, basting frequently with apple juice. Garnish roast with rosemary sprigs, if desired.
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Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/apple-filled-pork-roast (may not work)