Currant Jelly Glazed Pork Roast Recipes

CURRANT GLAZED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325º.
• Pierce top of roast serveal times with a flork and place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
• Roast 1 hour and 45 minutes or until meat reaches 160º.
• Combine next 5 ingredients in a bowl.
• Brush pork with mixture every 10 minutes during last 30 minutes of cooking time.
• Remove roast to a serving platter and let stand at least 10 minutes.
• Pour water into roasting pan, stirring to combine with pan drippings.
• Bring to a boil over high heat.
• Slice roast and serve with pan drippings.

CURRANT JELLY GLAZED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Set roast on a rack in a shallow roasting pan and stick a meat thermometer into the center of the thickest part of the meat.
• Roast, uncovered, at 325 F for approximately 2 1/2-3 hours, or until the thermometer reads 170°F.
• Meanwhile, make the glaze by whisking together jelly, corn syrup, vinegar, dry mustard powder, and ginger in a small saucepan.
• Bring to just a simmer and let cook a few minutes until it starts to look like a thin glaze; set aside.
• During the last 30 minutes of cooking time, brush meat with the glaze.

ROASTED PORK LOIN WITH CARDAMOM-CURRANT JELLY SAUCE

Steps:

• For pork:
• Combine first 10 ingredients in blender. Blend until spices are finely ground, about 2 minutes. Place pork in large glass baking dish. Pour marinade over pork; turn to coat. Arrange bone side up, tent loosely with foil and refrigerate at least 12 hours or overnight.
• For sauce:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Scrape marinade from pork. Pat pork dry with paper towels. Sprinkle pork generously with 1/2 teaspoon cardamom, salt and pepper. Heat oil in large roasting pan set over 2 burners on medium heat. Add pork and cook until brown, turning occasionally, about 4 minutes.
• Add wine, prunes, prune juice, brandy, cinnamon sticks and bay leaves to pan. Transfer to oven. Roast uncovered until meat thermometer inserted into thickest part of pork registers 160°F, basting often with pan juices, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Transfer pork and prunes to platter. Tent with foil. Strain pan juices into large glass measuring cup. Spoon 4 tablespoons fat off top of pan juices. Pour pan juices into heavy small saucepan. Add jelly and remaining 1/2 teaspoon cardamom. Simmer until jelly melts and sauce lightly coats spoon, about 8 minutes. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
• Serve pork with sauce.

CURRANT GLAZED PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• In small bowl combine jelly and vinegar, set aside.
• Rub tenderloin with olive oil, season with salt and pepper.
• Place on rack in shallow roasting pan, roast 20 minutes.
• Spoon some jelly-vinegar glaze over tenderloin.
• Roast until meat thermometer inserted in center of tenderloin registers 160 degrees.
• Remove from oven, spoon with remaining glaze and cover with foil.
• Let stand 15 minutes before slicing.
• NOTE: I served this with a jar of drained red cabbage to which I added 1 tablespoon of the currant jelly, The red cabbage complemented the meal perfectly.