Pork Roast Divine

Claire de Luna's Note:

A good friend of mine gave me this recipe after a long discussion on Pressure Cooking. I changed the name to Pork Roast Divine, because it really is. The drippings in the bottom of the pot make the best gravy, and I often use this as a base for my mother-in-law's homemade noodles, which made my Dad's (and husband's) favorite meal. This also makes incredible bar-b-que pulled pork sandwiches.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 10

Yield: 1.0 roast

• 3 lbs pork loin (boneless)
• 2 cups leeks, chopped
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon sage
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package onion soup mix (or 1 onion, minced)
• 2 cups water
• 1 (15 ounce) can chicken broth (or 2 cups homemade)
• 1 minced garlic clove

Directions:

1. Sear the pork roast until nicely browned on all sides.
2. Set aside to cool.
3. Pour olive oil into the pan and cook the leeks, minced onion and garlic until done, 3-5 minutes.
4. (If not using a regular onion, minced, add the onion soup mix.) Add 2 cups of water and the chicken broth to the pot to heat.
5. Rub the roast with the spice mixture (sage, mustard, salt, paprika, thyme and pepper).
6. Put the roast into the liquid in the pressure cooker and bring to pressure.
7. Cook the roast for 45 minutes.

Reviews

[Sandra Gosline]

The basic idea of this recipe is very good but I needed to modify it quite a bit. The recipe calls for garlic but does not say when to put it in. (I chose to saute it with the leeks and onions the last 3 minutes of cooking them.) The recipe also does not say how much pressure to cook the roast on. (I chose 15lbs of pressure.) I did not have a pressure cooker that had a pan to put the roast in while cooking. (Do they make these?) I put the roast directly into the sauce and cooked it for 35 minutes with good results. The rub is wonderful and I may use the rub in a separate recipe on it owns next time. This is a good basic recipe but have tested better ones.

[Merlot]

I haven't used my pressure cooker in a long time and thought this would be a great recipe to try. My pressure cooker does not have a feature on it to allow me to choose the pressure, however, the end result was a wonderful flavored roast! I used the onion soup mix instead of minced onion. This is a great recipe and I wouldn't change a thing. Thanks so much for sharing (and giving me a reason to bring my old pressure cooker out of moth balls).

[Chef #525559]

My husband is not really a pork lover but he was nuts over this recipe. Made it yesterday and he's still raving about it this morning. The only change I made was used 3 cups chicken broth and 1 cup water and I thickened the gravy with cornstarch at the end. Served it with hearty extra wide noodles. Will definately make it again.