Best Apple Walnut Stuffed Pork Roast Recipes

APPLE-STUFFED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Cut a lengthwise slit down center of tenderloin to within 1/2 in. of bottom; open so meat lies flat. Cover with plastic wrap; flatten to 1/2-in. thickness. Remove wrap; sprinkle meat with salt and pepper. , In a small bowl, combine the apple, bread crumbs, celery, onion, raisins, walnuts and nutmeg. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon apple juice; toss to coat. Spoon over pork. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting at a long side; tie with kitchen string and secure ends with toothpicks. , Place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan coated with cooking spray. Drizzle with 1-1/2 teaspoons apple juice. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 30 minutes. Brush with remaining apple juice. Bake 20-25 minutes longer or until meat juices run clear and a thermometer reads 160°. Let stand for 5 minutes before slicing. , Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine cornstarch and cinnamon. Gradually whisk in apple juice until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with pork.

SAUSAGE AND APPLE STUFFED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large saute pan over medium heat, saute the sausage until no longer pink. Remove the sausage (leave in the fat), and set aside. To the pan, add the onion, celery, and apple and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook until the apple is no longer crisp, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook an additional couple of minutes. Remove from the heat, stir the sausage back in and set aside.
• In a food processor, pulse the bread with the sage, rosemary, and thyme into coarse crumbs.
• Heat the butter in a medium saute pan and cook the crumbs over medium-high heat until coated with butter and lightly toasted, about 3 minutes (be careful not to burn). Mix the breadcrumbs into the sausage mixture.
• Prepare the roast as if making a jellyroll. Place the roast with the short side toward you, and fat facing down toward the counter or cutting board. Use a sharp knife to slice the roast open at about 1/2-inch from the bottom of the roast (parallel to the cutting board), being careful not to cut all the way through. Continue cutting, unrolling the roast as you work until you have a large, thin piece of meat. Place the rolled out piece of meat between 2 sheets of waxed or parchment paper, and lightly pound with meat mallet to increase the meat surface area by 10 to 20 percent. Be careful not to pound through the meat. Salt and pepper the pork and top with the filling, spreading evenly across the pork, leaving a 1-inch margin around the perimeter.
• Starting with the short side, roll up tightly jellyroll style, and secure the roast with kitchen twine.
• Heat a large saute pan over medium heat and add oil. Add the roast and brown on all sides. Place in a roasting pan fitted with a rack and add the wine in the bottom of the pan (to keep the juices from burning), and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until the internal temperature hits 145 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. Remove the roast from the oven and allow to rest for a full 10 minutes before slicing and serving.

APPLE AND WALNUT STUFFED PORK TENDERLOIN WITH RED CURRANT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large heavy skillet, melt butter. Add walnuts; cook and stir over medium heat until toasted, about 2 minutes. Remove 1/2 cup for serving. Add apple to the remaining walnuts; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Cool slightly., Place the cranberries, parsley, oil, garlic and apple mixture in a food processor; cover and process until finely chopped., Cut a lengthwise slit down the center of the roast to within 1/2 in. of bottom. Open roast so it lies flat; cover with plastic wrap. Flatten to 1/2-in. thickness. Remove wrap; spread apple butter on 1 long side of tenderloin to within 1/4 in. of edges. Top with apple mixture. Close meat; tie with kitchen string. Place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan; rub with salt and coriander., Bake at 350° until a thermometer inserted into center of stuffing reads 165° and thermometer inserted in pork reads at least 145°, 55-65 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine sauce ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until slightly thickened, 12-14 minutes. Serve with pork; top with reserved walnuts.

APPLE STUFFED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• With a knife sharpener, poke a hole through the roast to make a tunnel.
• Then take a knife and cut through until the hole is wide enough to stuff.
• In a large bowl, mix together apple juice and brown sugar.
• Place roast in bowl and turn a few times.
• Let sit in fridge fat side up for about an hour.
• In the meantime, peel and dice apples.
• Start making stuffing, adding apples and raisins before adding the stuffing mix so they get soft.
• Let apple stuffing cool while the pork in in the fridge.
• Preheat oven to 350°F .
• Line a roasting pan with heavy duty foil.
• Remove pork from fridge and Pour some of the marinade into the foil lined pan.
• Just enough to coat the bottom.
• Discard the rest.
• Start stuffing the roast.
• It's easiest to use your hands.
• Make sure you stuff it way down so you don't forget the middle.
• Bake about 20 minutes per pound - 170 degrees using a meat thermometer.
• Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes.
• Carve 1 1/2 inches wide.

APPLE WALNUT STUFFED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the apple, onion, celery, and walnuts, and cook 5 minutes, until vegetables are tender. Mix in the applesauce, water, and breadcrumbs. Cook and stir until the breadcrumbs have absorbed the liquid. Season with cinnamon, kosher salt, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger.
• Unroll the pork roast, and place in a baking dish. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spoon the stuffing mixture over the roast. Arrange any excess stuffing around the roast. Roll the roast so that the fatty side is on top, and tie with kitchen twine.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes in the preheated oven, to an internal temperature of 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

CROWN ROAST OF PORK WITH APPLE STUFFING

Steps:

• Make stuffing:
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spread bread squares in 1 layer in a shallow baking pan and bake in middle of oven until dry and lightly toasted, about 15 minutes. Leave oven on (for roast) and cool bread.
• Cook onion and celery in butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in apples, sugar, salt, pepper, sage, thyme, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Reduce heat to low, then cook, covered, stirring, until apples are tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in bread squares, parsley, and chives.
• Make roast:
• Set oven rack in lower third of oven. Sprinkle roast inside and out with salt and pepper and put in a large flameproof roasting pan. Mound stuffing in cavity. Wrap tips of rib bones with foil to prevent burning, then wrap meat below bones with overlapping bacon strips, securing them with wooden toothpicks.
• Roast pork in middle of oven, covering stuffing loosely with foil after 30 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer registers 155°F when inserted 2 inches into center of meat (do not touch bones), 2 1/4 to 2 3/4 hours total.
• Transfer roast to a carving board and let stand, loosely covered with foil, 15 to 20 minutes. (Temperature of meat will rise to 160°F; meat will be slightly pink.)
• Make pan sauce:
• Skim fat from pan drippings. Straddle pan across 2 burners and add water, then deglaze pan by boiling over high heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits. Pour through a fine sieve into a saucepan, discarding solids.
• Add jelly and any juices accumulated on carving board, then simmer sauce, whisking occasionally and skimming any fat that rises, until jelly is melted, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Remove all foil from roast and carve into chops by cutting between ribs.

APPLE-STUFFED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• For stuffing, stir together the chopped apple, bread crumbs, celery, raisins, walnuts, green onion, and nutmeg.
• Stir in 1 tablespoon of the apple juice or 1 tablespoon apple cider.
• To butterfly the pork tenderloin, make a single lengthwise cut down the center of one narrow edge of the meat, cutting to within 1/2-inch of the other side. Spread the meat open.
• Place knife in the "v" of the first cut.
• Cut horizontally to the cut surface and away from the first cut to within 1/2-inch of the other side of the meat.
• Repeat on the opposite side of the "v".
• Spread these sections open.
• Cover meat with clear plastic wrap.
• Pound with a meat mallet to 1/2-inch thickness.
• Spread stuffing over meat.
• Roll up from one of the short sides.
• Tie with string to secure.
• Brush with some of the remaining 1 tablespoon apple juice.
• Place meat on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
• Roast, uncovered, in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 1 to 1-1/4 hours or meat thermometer registers 170 degrees Fahrenheit; brush with the remaining 1 tablespoon apple juice or apple cider after 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small saucepan stir together the 1/2 cup apple juice or cider, cornstarch, and cinnamon.
• Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
• Cook and stir for 2 minutes more.
• Serve with roast.
• Makes 4 servings.