Festive Pork Roast

(from saymyname’s recipe box)

Source: Southern Living

Serves 10 people

Categories: Main Dish, Pork

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups dry red wine
  • 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons curry powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 (2 1/2-3 lb) boneless pork roast (boneless rolled pork roasts)
  • 4 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 cups water

Directions

  1. Combine the first 10 ingredients in a large shallow dish or a heavy-duty plastic zip-lock freezer bag; add pork.

  2. Cover or seal and refrigerate 8 hours, turning occasionally.

  3. Note: you may need to divided the marinade between two zip-lock freezer bags and put one roast in each bag.

  4. Remove pork from marinade (reserve marinade and add water, if necessary to equal 2 1/2 cups).

  5. Place pork on a rack in a roasting pan lined with foil.

  6. In a small saucepan, whisk reserved marinade and cornstarch; place pan over med-high heat.

  7. Bring to a boil, whisking constantly.

  8. Cook, whisking constantly, 2-3 minutes or until thickened.

  9. Remove and reserve 1/4 sauce; set remaining sauce in saucepan aside.

  10. Broil pork 6 inches from heat for 5 minutes.

  11. Pour 1 1/2 cups water into pan.

  12. Lower oven temperature to 325°; bake 1 hour and 30 minutes or until meat thermometer reads 155°, basting with reserved 1/4 cup sauce during the last 15 minutes.

  13. Remove roast and let stand 10 minutes or until meat thermometer reads 160°.

  14. Serve with remaining warm sauce.

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