Seasonal menu autumn: Roast pork recipe

Roast Loin of Pork with Bacon, Black Pudding & Cranberry Stuffing and Rum-soaked Apples

Suitable Cuts: ​ Lean pork loin or leg joint

Temperature: ​ Gas Mark 4-5, 180°C, 350°F

Cooking Times:​

• Medium - 30 minutes per 450g/½kg (1lb) plus 30 minutes
• Well Done - 35 minutes per 450g/½kg (1lb) plus 35 minutes mins

Ingredients:​

• Lean pork loin or leg joint

• Oil

• Salt

• Ground ginger

For the Stuffing: ​

• Sausage meat

• Smoked streaky bacon

• Black pudding

• Fresh breadcrumbs

• Dried cranberries

• Onion

For the Apples: ​

• Eating apples

• Lemon

• Rum

• Ground ginger

Method:​

• To make the rum soaked apples, cut 2-3 eating apples in half or into thick slices and remove any pips. Rub the cut surfaces with a little lemon juice and place into a dish. Pour over 150ml (¼pt) rum and add a pinch of ground ginger. Cover and leave to soak for as long as possible or overnight ensuring the cut surfaces are immersed in the rum.
• Take a lean pork loin or leg joint and calculate the cooking time (see above). For crackling dry the rind, score and rub with 15ml (1tbsp) oil and 15ml (1tbsp) salt mixed with 5ml (1tsp) ground ginger. Place on a rack in a roasting tin and roast in a preheated oven for the calculated cooking time.
• For the stuffing, mix together 450g (1lb) sausage meat, 4 rashers smoked streaky bacon, chopped, 50g (2oz) black pudding, chopped, 70g (3oz) fresh breadcrumbs, 40g (1½oz) dried cranberries and 1 onion, chopped Season with salt and black pepper and mix well. Shape into 12-15 balls and cook alongside the pork for 20-25 minutes until cooked through. Add the apples to the oven for the last 10-15 minutes of cooking time, place around the pork or on a separate try.

Serving Suggestion: Serve the pork with the stuffing balls, apples, roast potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

TIP: Instead of rum-soaked apple slices, cut the apples into quarters and soak in the rum then thread onto cocktail sticks with a rolled rasher of streaky bacon and roast for 10-15 minutes.