Roast pork loin with sweet potatoes and apples
7
Points®
Total time: 1 hr 2 min • Prep: 12 min • Cook: 50 min • Serves: 8 • Difficulty: Easy
Well seasoned pork is first pan-seared, then roasted in the oven alongside a colorful, flavorful medley, featuring Granny Smith apples, red onions, sweet potatoes, lots of garlic, fresh sage, ground allspice, salt, and pepper, until it's cooked through. After the apple mixture is ready, reduce the sauce with some apple cider vinegar as well as apple cider, then let it thicken up with a little bit of butter at the very end. It's one of our favorite fall entrées that's impressive enough to serve at any dinner party when the leaves begin to change color and apples are in season.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 spray(s)
Uncooked lean boneless pork loin roast, trimmed
2 pound(s)
Kosher salt
2.5 tsp
Black pepper
0.5 tsp
Olive oil
2 tsp
Granny Smith apple(s)
3 large
Uncooked red onion(s)
2 large
Sweet potato(es)
2 medium
Garlic
5 medium clove(s)
Fresh sage
1 Tbsp
Ground allspice
0.75 tsp
Apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp
Apple cider
1 cup(s)
Unsalted butter
1 Tbsp
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray large shallow baking dish with nonstick spray.
2
Sprinkle pork with 1½ teaspoons salt and pepper. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook, turning occasionally, until well-browned, about 8 minutes.
3
Meanwhile, combine apples, onions, sweet potatoes, garlic, sage, allspice, remaining 1 teaspoon salt, and remaining 1 teaspoon oil in large bowl and toss to coat. Place apple mixture in prepared baking dish in even layer.
4
Transfer pork in skillet to oven. Bake pork and apple mixture, stirring apple mixture once, until vegetables are tender and instant-read thermometer inserted into center of pork registers 145°F, 30–35 minutes. Transfer pork to cutting board and let stand 10 minutes.
5
Place same skillet over medium-high heat. Add vinegar and bring to boil, scraping up browned bits from bottom of skillet. Add cider and bring to boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced to about ½ cup, about 8 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter.
6
Cut pork into 16 slices and serve with apple mixture and sauce.
7
Per serving (2 slices pork, about ¾ cup vegetables, and 2 tablespoons sauce)
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