Recipe Thursday: Oven-Roasted Pork with Rhubarb Barbecue Sauce

Oven-Roasted Pork with Rhubarb Barbecue Sauce

Ingredients

                                                        

2.5 pounds boneless pork top loin roast (single loin)

                                                       

2 stalks rhubarb

                                                       

1/2 cup sliced fresh mango

                                                        

2 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves

                                                        

1 tablespoon olive oil

                                                       

1/4 teaspoon salt

                                                       

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

 

Rhubarb Barbecue Sauce

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Trim fat from roast. Make a horizontal cut through the roast to, but not through the other side. Cut rhubarb to the length of the roast. Place rhubarb stalks, mango slices, and oregano inside the roast. Drizzle with oil. Fold the roast together to enclose the filling. Tie the roast at 1-inch intervals with 100% cotton kitchen string. Season pork with salt and pepper.
2. Place pork roast on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Brush with some of the Rhubarb Barbecue sauce. Roast, uncovered, 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until 145 degrees F. Let stand 10 minutes. Top with additional Rhubarb Barbecue Sauce. Slice and serve with additional sauce.

From the Test Kitchen

Frozen Rhubarb

If you like, replace rhubarb stalks in the roast with 1/2 cup frozen cut rhubarb, thawed.

Rhubarb Barbecue Sauce

Ingredients

                                                                   

1 1/2pounds fresh rhubarb, trimmed and cut into 3-inch pieces

                                                                     

2 tablespoons olive oil

                                                                   

1/4cup finely chopped onion

                                                                 

1/2cup bottled smoky barbecue sauce

                                                                   

1/2cup molasses

                                                                   

1/2teaspoon salt

                                                                    

1/2teaspoon ground ginger

                                                                    

1/4teaspoon ground cloves

                                                                    

1/8teaspoon ground black pepper

                                                                    

1/2cup chopped fresh mango

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place rhubarb in a 15x10x1-inch pan. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil. Roast, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until very soft. Set aside.
2. In a medium saucepan heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat; add onion. Cook and stir for 4 minutes or until tender. Stir in rhubarb mixture, barbecue sauce, molasses, salt, ginger, cloves, and pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 8 minutes or until desired consistency, stirring occasionally. Stir in mango.

From the Test Kitchen

Frozen Rhubarb

If desired, replace fresh rhubarb with 1 1/2 pounds frozen cut rhubarb. Prepare as directed.

Nutrition Facts

(Oven-Roasted Pork with Rhubarb Barbecue Sauce)

Per serving:
• 351 kcal cal.,
• 11 g fat
• (2 g sat. fat,
• 1 g polyunsaturated fat,
• 6 g monounsatured fat),
• 89 mg chol.,
• 446 mg sodium,
• 30 g carb.,
• 2 g fiber,
• 24 g sugar,
• 33 g pro.
• Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

 

 

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