Best Danish Roast Pork Recipes

DANISH ROAST PORK

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Score your crackling.
• Season with salt & pepper.
• Place roast on a rack in roasting pan.
• Cook your prunes until tender (cover with water and simmer until tender).
• 45 minutes before the roast is done, place apples around the roast.
• 30 minutes before roast is done, put prunes around the roast.
• Roast until inner temp reach 170°F (allow 30- 35 minutes per pound).
• Remove roast from oven and cut off the crackling.
• Cover roast, prunes and apples and keep warm.
• Return crackling to hot oven in a metal pan. (Raise temp to about 375°F or broil, but if you broil watch closely).
• Spray with cold water again if it hasn't completely crackled.
• Spray crackling with cold water, takes about 10 minutes.

DANISH ROAST PORK WITH PRUNES (FLASKESTEG MED SVESKER)

Steps:

• Cut deep slits in pork loin and insert prune halves.
• Rub with the salt, pepper, and ginger.
• Roast uncovered in a 325° oven for about 1.5 hours.
• When done, remove from roasting pan.
• Heat pan drippings; stir in the flour, then add the prune juice and water.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste and cook until thickened.
• Stir in the jelly and serve the gravy over the sliced pork.

DANISH FRUIT STUFFED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325*F.
• Place the roast rib side down. Cut pockets in the roast, cutting from the meaty side. Sprinkle the roast with the salt and pepper.
• to prepare the stuffing, in a small saucepan, combine the prunes and the water. Bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer, covered, for 1o minutes or until prunes are tender. Drain and coarsely chop. Set aside.
• In the same saucepan, melt the butter over moderate heat. Add onion and cook for 3 minutes or until tender. Remove from heat. Stir in the brown sugar, lemon rind, cinnamon and cardamom.
• Place the bread cubes in a large bowl. Stir in the onion mixture, prunes and apple. Drizzle with the apple juice, tossing until moistened. Spoon about 3 TBS into eacb pocket of the roast. Spoon the remaining stuffing into a buttered casserole; cover and refrigerate.
• Place the roast, rib side down, in a roasting pan. Roast for 1 3/4 to 2 1/4 hours or until a thermometer inserted in the center of roast registers 155*F. (Cover the roast loosely with foil after 1 hour, so the stuffing doesn't overly brown).
• Bake the covered casserole of stuffing along side of the roast during the last 30 to 40 minutes of roasting.
• Let the roast stand for 15 minutes befroe carving, serving the stuffing in the casserole with the roast.