Apple Pork Roast

[RebelSS]

Hello! I don't normally post here, (I post on the Ice Fishing site)but I just had to share this at the insistence of my friends!Been BBQ'ing & cooking for MANY years..family was in the restaurant biz. Anyway, here it is...I hope you love it.

One 3 lb Pork Butt Roast

2 Cups of FRESH Apple Cider (Like you get from an orchard)

Some "Good" Pork Seasoning

4 oz Cinnamon Apple Sauce ("Snack Pack" size cups)

1/2 Large Yellow Onion

Marinate the roast in about 2-3 cups of the cider in a ziplock bag for 8 hrs.,turning once in a while. Place roast in a baking dish with some of the marinade. Sprinkle roast liberally with the seasoning and spread the applesauce over the top. Layer with the onion. Cook in a 325* oven for 1 hour, uncovered, then cover and cook for 1 hr.-1hr. 15 minutes longer, until internal temp reaches 165. Let stand 15 minutes uncovered. Enjoy!

[icehousebob]

Rebel, I just printed your recipe out for my bride. She's cooked pork roasts in apple juice but never marinated them like you say. That sounds good. I just have to train her into not cooking pork until it resembles boot leather. Something she learned from her mother. One thing she does is to cut the onion into large slices and pin them to the roast with toothpicks.

[RebelSS]

Hope you enjoy it! The onion/cinnamon applesauce seems to really go together, and you don't have to go easy on the applesauce. The secret to cooking pork is "low and slow"..you don't need to kill it! My Mother is still the same, too...a pork chop ends up looking like leather.

[fishinchicks]

Get her a meat thermometer. Go by that instead of how brown it is. For chops, hold it in a pair of tongs and insert thermometer in the side to get an accurate reading.

Most guidelines say 160 degrees for pork. If you cook it low and slow, you will get much better results, as rebel stated.

Some cuts are going to be drier than others, so look for marbling or some fat on the outside of the roast. I will use butter on a roast to help keep it moist. I have also basted pork chops with butter while on the grill.