Pork Roast with Sausage-Apple Stuffing

Submitted by silky

"A Sunday dinner that will receive rave reviews. Succulent roast and a delicious stuffing."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 45mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 10-12

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3⁄4 cup chopped onion
• 1⁄4 cup chopped celery
• 1⁄2 cup peeled and chopped tart apple
• 1⁄2 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 lb ground pork
• 1⁄2 lb well-seasoned sausage meat
• 1⁄2 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground sage
• 1 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1 pork crown roast, about 8 to 9 lbs

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Melt butter and add onions, celery and apples.
3. Cook until soft.
4. Add crumbs, then add ground pork, sausage, and seasonings; mix thoroughly.
5. Salt and pepper crown roast generously.
6. Rub with a little sage.
7. Fill center of crown roast with stuffing, mounding center slightly.
8. Cover with foil and wrap bone ends with additional foil.
9. Roast in hot oven for 3 hours or until meat thermometer reads 175 degrees.
10. About 30 minutes before roast is done, remove foil from stuffing.
11. Transfer roast to a large heated platter and remove foil.
12. Add frills to each little ‘leg’ if desired, and rest meat about 10 minutes before carving.
13. Decorate roast on platter with a round of small potatoes, large mushrooms, or cooked red cabbage.