Roast Pork with Plum Sauce
Recipe from Smithfield

This pork roast recipe is great for your family or for guests and the easy ingredients are all things you can find in your house.


Roast Pork with Plum Sauce

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Servings: 10
Total Time: 3 hrs
Related Categories: Dinner, Plums, Pork, Pork Roast, Sauces
 
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Ingredients
Roast:
  • 1  5-pound
    Smithfield Pork Loin Roast
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  • 2  cloves
    garlic slivered
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  • 2  teaspoons
    salt
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  • 2  teaspoons
    dried or fresh rosemary
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  • 1 1/2  teaspoons
    dried oregano
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  • 1 1/2  teaspoons
    dried thyme
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  • 1/2  teaspoons
    rubbed sage
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  • 1/4  teaspoon
    pepper
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  • 1/4  teaspoon
    freshly grated nutmeg
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Plum Sauce:
  • 2  tablespoons
    butter
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  • 3/4  cup
    chopped onions
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  • 1  cup
    plum preserves
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  • 2/3  cup
    water
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  • 1/2  cup
    packed brown sugar
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  • 1/3  cup
    chili sauce
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  • 1/4  cup
    soy sauce
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  • 2  tablespoons
    prepared mustard
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  • 3  drops
    Tabasco sauce
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  • 2  tablespoons
    fresh lemon juice
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  •  
    Garlic salt to taste
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Directions
1.
To make the sauce melt the butter in a saucepan; add the onions and saute until tender. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 15 minutes. Set aside.
2.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Moisten the roast with a damp paper towel to help hold the seasonings.
3.
In a small bowl stir together the garlic salt herbs and spices. With a sharp knife make 1/2 inch deep slits in the top of the roast. Press the seasonings mixture into the slits and rub the remainder over the entire roast.
4.
Place the roast in a roaster pan and pour 1/2 cup plum sauce over it. Cover and bake for 2 1/2 hours.
5.
Uncover and roast and baste it with additional plum sauce; bake for 30 minutes longer basting 2 or 3 times until the roast is nicely browned. Serve

Serving Suggestions
Serve with grilled potato wedges fresh green beans and French bread with a roasted garlic bulb.
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