Roast Pork With Gooseberry Sauce
- 3 pounds boneless pork loin, bones reserved (about 4 pounds total weight)
- 1 tablespoon coarse kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns
- 1 bay leaf, crumbled
- 1/2 teaspoon whole allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 small clove garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons peanut or corn oil
- 1 pint green gooseberries, rinsed, topped and tailed
- About 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Watercress for garnish
- Stab meat here and there with a small skewer or knife.
- Set on a large sheet of parchment or waxed paper.
- Grind salt, peppercorns, bay leaf, allspice and fennel seeds together in a spice grinder.
- Pour powder into a dish, and stir in garlic and brown sugar.
- Rub spice mixture evenly over pork.
- Enclose in paper, then wrap in foil.
- Refrigerate 1 to 2 days.
- When ready to cook, preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- In a flameproof casserole large enough to hold meat and bones, heat peanut oil; brown bones on all sides, then set aside and reserve.
- Meanwhile, discard paper and foil; tie meat to form a neat cylinder.
- Pat roast dry, and then brown well on all sides.
- Pour off fat, then return bones to pan with meat.
- Cover and set in center of oven.
- Roast until a meat thermometer placed in the center of the roast measures 170 degrees; test at 1 hour.
- When meat is cooked through, transfer to a cutting board, cover with foil and set aside.
- Discard bones.
- Skim fat from pan juices, which should measure about 1/2 to 3/4 cup.
- Add gooseberries and 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar to pan.
- Simmer, mashing berries as they change color and soften to a thick, creamy puree -about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add remaining sugar, salt and pepper to taste.
- Slice meat, and arrange on a bed of watercress.
- Serve hot sauce alongside.
pork loin, coarse kosher salt, peppercorns, bay leaf, whole allspice, fennel seeds, clove garlic, brown sugar, peanut, green gooseberries, brown sugar, salt
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11825 (may not work)