Rosemary Plum Pork Roast Recipe

Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 slice)
  • Calories:
  • 249
  • Fat:
  • 7 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 3 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 75 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 243 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 15 g
  • Fiber:
  • 1 g
  • Protein:
  • 30 g


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Rosemary Plum Pork Roast

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SERVINGS: 6

CATEGORY: Main Dish

METHOD: Baked

TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 1 hour + standing

Ingredients:

  • 16 pitted dried plums
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 2 bunches fresh rosemary, divided
  • 1 center-cut boneless pork loin roast (about 2 pounds)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper, divided

Directions:

Place plums in a bowl; add boiling water. Let stand for 15 minutes; drain well. Mince enough rosemary to measure 1 tablespoon; stir into plums. Cut a slit along top of roast 2 in. deep, leaving 1 in. at each end uncut. Sprinkle inside of cut with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper. Fill with plum mixture. Cover top with overlapping rosemary sprigs.
    Tie roast at 1 in. intervals with kitchen string. Sprinkle with the remaining salt and pepper. Place several rosemary sprigs in a shallow roasting pan. Top with roast. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 160°. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing. Yield: 6 servings.


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