This delicious cranberry and pistachio stuffed pork is tender on the inside, crispy on the outside, creating the perfect balance of flavours and textures for a roast dinner.
How to cook a pork roast with crispy crackling
The secret to good crackling is to leave the pork unwrapped in the fridge overnight to dry out. Ask your butcher to score the pork rind for you, as it is difficult to do so without a sharp stanley knife or similar.
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Ingredients
Roast pork loin with cranberry sauce
Stuffing
Roasted vegetables
Method
Roast pork loin with cranberry sauce
1.Preheat oven to 200°C.
2.Using a sharp knife, score pork skin by making shallow cuts at 1cm intervals. Place pork on a board, fat-side down; slice through the thickest part of the pork horizontally, without cutting through the other side. Open pork out to form one large piece.
3.Trim pork; reserve 150g of the trimmings for seasoning. Blend or process pork trimmings with half the butter; place in a large bowl.
4.Heat oil in a medium frying pan; cook onion and garlic, stirring, over heat until onion softens. Add remaining butter, then salami, nuts, cranberries and sage; cook for 2 minutes. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl; cool. Stir in breadcrumbs and minced trimmings.
5.Press seasoning mixture along one long side of the pork; roll pork to enclose filling, secure with kitchen string at 2cm intervals. Rub pork skin with salt; place on a wire rack in a large shallow baking dish. Roast pork, uncovered, for 1 1/4 hours or until pork is cooked through.
6.Meanwhile, make roasted vegetables: Combine vegetables in a large baking dish with oil and thyme. Roast, uncovered, for last 30 minutes of pork cooking time, turning once. Season.
7.Remove pork from dish; rest, covered loosely with foil, for 15 minutes. Drain excess fat from dish, add stock, port and sauce to dish; stir over heat until sauce is reduced by half. Season to taste; cover to keep warm.
8.Serve sliced pork with cranberry sauce and roasted vegetables.
Ask your butcher to leave a flap measuring about 20cm. in length to help make rolling the loin easier.
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