Christmas Pork Roast Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Popular Recipes. (Christmas Pork Roast Recipe). This is a recipe I made up when my husband requested a 'roast that tastes like Christmas.' It's a savory-sweet pork roast with cranberries, apples, and cloves. You can add ground cloves to the glaze instead of using whole cloves.

Brief

Prep 15 mins

Cook: 1hr

Total: 1hr15 mins

Servings: 6

Yield: 1 pork roast

Christmas Pork Roast Recipe

Ingredients

1 (4 pound) boneless pork loin roast

1 teaspoon whole cloves

1 apple

sliced

2 (16 ounce) cans whole berry cranberry sauce

1 (16 ounce) can chicken broth

2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 orange

zested

Main Dish

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Place pork roast into a roasting pan; push whole cloves into the meat. Cover the roast with apple slices.

Step 3

Mash cranberry sauce in a bowl with a potato masher; stir chicken broth cinnamon nutmeg and ginger into cranberries. Pour about half the cranberry mixture over the pork roast. Cover with a lid or a sheet of aluminum foil.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Pour remaining cranberry mixture over roast. Sprinkle orange zest over the cranberry sauce.

Step 5

Return to oven and roast until cranberry mixture forms a glaze and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the center of the meat reads at least 145 degrees F (65 degrees C) about 30 more minutes.

Nutritional Information

Christmas Pork Roast Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:6

Calories: 675.9

% Daily Value *

Protein: 49.6g 99%

Carbohydrates: 61.8g 20%

Dietary Fiber: 4.3g 17%

Sugars: 39.2g

Fat: 25.4g 39%

Saturated Fat: 9.5g 48%

Cholesterol: 145.2mg 48%

Vitamin A Iu: 37.4IU 1%

Niacin Equivalents: 19.2mg 148%

Vitamin B6: 0.8mg 53%

Vitamin C: 3.6mg 6%

Folate: 10.6mcg 3%

Calcium: 63.3mg 6%

Iron: 1.9mg 10%

Magnesium: 54.4mg 19%

Potassium: 800.3mg 22%

Sodium: 511.8mg 21%

Thiamin: 1.6mg 158%

Calories From Fat: 228.8

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.