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Roast Pork With Gooseberry Sauce
- Total Time
- About 2 hours, plus 2 days' refrigeration
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Ingredients
- 3pounds boneless pork loin, bones reserved (about 4 pounds total weight)
- 1tablespoon coarse kosher salt
- ½teaspoon peppercorns
- 1bay leaf, crumbled
- ½teaspoon whole allspice
- ¼teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1small clove garlic, minced
- 1tablespoon brown sugar
- 2tablespoons peanut or corn oil
- 1pint green gooseberries, rinsed, topped and tailed
- About 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Watercress for garnish
The Roast
The Sauce
Preparation
- Step 1
Stab meat here and there with a small skewer or knife. Set on a large sheet of parchment or waxed paper. Grind salt, peppercorns, bay leaf, allspice and fennel seeds together in a spice grinder. Pour powder into a dish, and stir in garlic and brown sugar. Rub spice mixture evenly over pork. Enclose in paper, then wrap in foil. Refrigerate 1 to 2 days.
- Step 2
When ready to cook, preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- Step 3
In a flameproof casserole large enough to hold meat and bones, heat peanut oil; brown bones on all sides, then set aside and reserve. Meanwhile, discard paper and foil; tie meat to form a neat cylinder. Pat roast dry, and then brown well on all sides. Pour off fat, then return bones to pan with meat. Cover and set in center of oven. Roast until a meat thermometer placed in the center of the roast measures 170 degrees; test at 1 hour. When meat is cooked through, transfer to a cutting board, cover with foil and set aside. Discard bones.
- Step 4
Skim fat from pan juices, which should measure about ½ to ¾ cup. Add gooseberries and 1½ tablespoons brown sugar to pan. Simmer, mashing berries as they change color and soften to a thick, creamy puree -about 5 to 7 minutes. Add remaining sugar, salt and pepper to taste. Slice meat, and arrange on a bed of watercress. Serve hot sauce alongside.
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