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Crown Roast of Pork

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Denise Landis

Denise Landis is the founder & CEO of The Cook's Cook.

Crown roast of pork is a glorious cut of meat, lean and firm. It’s made by shaping a bone-in pork loin into a circlet with the ribs pointed up. The center can then be filled with stuffing that becomes delectably flavored by the meat’s juices as the roast cooks.

You can shape the crown yourself by cutting into the spaces between the ribs to allow the loin to bend, but it’s much easier to ask your butcher to shape and tie the crown for you. You’ll need a minimum of a 12-rib roast to shape the circlet, but for a crowd you can have two racks attached end-to-end.

Two ribs per person will feed everyone generously. Fill the center of the crown with your favorite stuffing, and cook additional stuffing by baking in a separate dish or packing it around the base of the roast. The roast should be properly presented intact so it can be admired, then sliced into chops, each serving topped with stuffing and drizzled with savory sauce made from deglazing the juices from the roasting pan. A festive and sumptuous dish—fit for royalty, indeed.  

First published February 2015

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  • Cook 2-1/2 hours
  • Servings 6 to 8

Ingredients

  • 709 ml (3 cups) fine fresh bread crumbs from a baguette or other crusty loaf
  • 3.17 Kg (7 pounds) crown roast of pork (about 12 ribs)
  • 3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
  • 15 ml (1 tablespoon) chopped fresh thyme
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 59 ml (¼ cup) finely diced salt pork
  • 59 ml (¼ cup) finely chopped onion
  • 59 ml (¼ cup) finely chopped celery
  • .34 kg (¾ pound) chicken-apple sausage, removed from casing
  • 59 ml (¼ cup) finely chopped dried apples
  • 59 ml (¼ cup) chopped pecans
  • 9.8 ml (⅓ cup) dry sherry
  • 355 ml (1½ cups) dry red wine
  • 15 ml (1 tablespoon) pomegranate molasses (available at specialty food stores), optional.

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 163ºC (325ºF). Place the bread crumbs on a baking sheet and bake until dry, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer to a large bowl.

2. Rub the crown roast all over with one of the chopped garlic cloves and the thyme. Season to taste with salt andpepper. Place the pork, rib ends down, in a roasting pan. Roast for 1 hour.

3. While the pork is roasting, prepare the stuffing: Place a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the salt pork, and toss until sizzling. Reduce heat to medium and saute until the pork has rendered its fat and is well browned.  Add the onion and celery, and saute until tender, 2-3 minutes. Add the sausage and garlic, and stir to break up the sausage into small pieces. When the sausage is well browned, transfer the mixture to the bowl of bread crumbs. Add the dried apples, pecans, sherry, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.

4.  When the pork has roasted for 1 hour, remove from the oven and turn the roast over so the rib ends are up. Lightly pack the stuffing into the center cavity and around the bottom edge of the roast. Cover the center stuffing with foil, and use a long strip of foil to cover the stuffing at the bottom. Return the pan to the oven and roast until the internal temperature of the meat is 71ºC (160ºF), about 1 more hour, removing the foil about 15 minutes before the roast is done.

5.  Transfer roast to a serving platter, and spoon the stuffing from the pan into a serving dish. Cover and keep warm.  Place the roasting pan over medium heat, and add the wine and pomegranate molasses. Bring to a boil and stir, scraping the bottom of the pan, until the mixture is reduced by about one-third. Strain into a gravy boat or small pitcher. To serve, carve the roast between the ribs, including some of the stuffing. Drizzle each serving with a little of the wine sauce. Pass additional stuffing and sauce separately.

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Denise Landis

Denise Landis had been employed as an archeologist for seven years before a food editor hired her to test some recipes from a cookbook manuscript. This short stint led to longer assignments, and two years later she began testing recipes for the New York Times. She has been a professional recipe tester and editor for over 25 years, is the author of a New York Times cookbook, and has written for numerous publications. She is a member of the New York Chapter of Les Dames d’ Escoffier.

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