Apple-filled Pork Roast
 
 
  Cooking spray  
1/3 cup    chopped onion  
1 cup    sliced mushrooms  
1/2 tsp    dried thyme  
1/8 tsp    dried rosemary, crushed  
1 cup    diced peeled Rome apple (about 1/2 pound)  
1/4 tsp    grated lemon rind  
1 tsp    fresh lemon juice  
1/8 tsp    salt  
1/8 tsp    pepper  
8   large pitted prunes, diced  
1   lean, (2-pound) boned pork loin roast  
1/2 tsp    dried thyme  
1/4 tsp    dried rosemary, crushed  
1/8 tsp    salt  
1/4 cup    apple juice  
  Rosemary sprigs (optional)  
 
1 Preheat oven to 325°.
2 Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; place over medium heat until hot. Add onion; sauté 2 minutes. Add mushrooms, 1/2 teaspoon thyme, and 1/8 teaspoon rosemary; sauté 3 minutes. Add apple and next 5 ingredients (apple through prunes); sauté 2 minutes or until apple is crisp-tender. Set aside.
3 Trim fat from pork roast. Cut a wide, deep pocket in side of roast. Stuff the apple mixture into pocket. Tie roast at 1-inch intervals with heavy string. Sprinkle roast with 1/2 teaspoon thyme, 1/4 teaspoon rosemary, and 1/8 teaspoon salt.
4 Place roast on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Insert meat thermometer into roast. Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 160°, basting frequently with apple juice. Garnish roast with rosemary sprigs, if desired.
 
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