Delicious main course idea for the upcoming holiday dinner. This Pork Roast is infused with apples, glazed in maple Dijon mixture and baked on the bed of apples.
I know, I know, It’s Halloween and I am post a Thanksgiving recipe.
Life of a food blogger…we life in the future. We live in the future for you, our dear readers! We have to make sure to bring you as many ideas for the upcoming holidays as possible, but early enough for you to find and plan your holiday meals. So, most food bloggers fill up on Halloween treats in September and stuff on turkey in October. I’ll be popping champagne and washing down New Year’s appetizers next week, I’m sure!
So let’s talk holiday recipes. Five great bloggers and I got together to bring you a collection of recipes perfect for the upcoming holidays. Each week, on a Friday, we will bring you a different recipe according to selected themes. This week, we have some wonderful main courses for you. Be sure to visit all of the bloggers below to get their recipe!
Busy-at-Home : Simple Baked Ham
Will Cook for Smiles: Apple Maple Dijon Pork Roast
The Gunny Sack: Glazed Holiday Ham
Flour on My Face: Easy Slow Roasted Pot Roast
Daily Dish Recipes: Holiday Pork Roast with Red Wine Mushroom Gravy
Adventures in All Things Food: Pecan Encrusted Baked Salmon
Oh and guess what? Each week, we will have a giveaway for you!! Aaaah, NOW you are listening?! Well, you have to see the recipes first. Trust me…recipes are great.
As my main course, I’m sharing one of my favorite things to make for holidays, Pork Roast. Most of the time, I make garlic pork roast but this time I wanted to try something different. Oh…my…goodness! This was the best pork roast, and you know how much I like garlic to even cast that aside. This perfect pork tenderloin is cooked on the bed of apples and glazed in maple Dijon sauce. I also brought some extra apple flavor and moisture to this pork by adding some apple slices right into the meat. Just make a few holes by stabbing pork and stick thin apple slices right in there. Perfection!
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Apple Maple Dijon Pork Roast | Progressive Dinner (+Giveaway)
Ingredients
- Boneless Pork Tenderloin size would depend on your needs, about 2 to 3 lbs
- 2 apples gala or pink lady would work nicely
- 3 Tbsp Dijon mustard
- 4 Tbsp maple syrup
- Salt
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 and grease a roasting pan with oil.
- Core and chop one of the apples and half of the other. Spread it at the bottom of the roasting pan close together.
- Sprinkle pork loin with some salt.
- Stab pork with a knife a few times, evenly all over the length of the pork. Do it deep but not all the way through. (About 1/2 inch wide.)
- Slice remaining half of the apple into thin slices and shove them into the holes in pork.
- Place pork loin on top of apples in the roasting pan.
- Whisk Dijon mustard, maple syrup and some salt together and rub it generously, all over pork.
- Place it in the oven and cook until the internal thermometer reads 155 degrees. (If you don't have an internal thermometer, make a small but deep cut into a thickest part of pork and press. If the liquid is coming out pink, it's not ready yet.)
- Depending of the size of the pork, it could take from 50 minutes up to 1.5 hours to cook.
- Let pork rest for about 15 minutes before cutting.
Recipe Notes
Recipe from Lyuba at willcookforsmiles.com. All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.
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Now, the promised giveaway!
This week’s sponsor of our progressive dinner’s main course is Farberware. The winner will get a brand new set of cookware from Farberware’s New Traditions line! The winner will be able to choose their own set from this line. I definitely recommend this Farberware New Traditions Blue Speckled Aluminum Nonstick 14-Piece Cookware Set featured below. It’s a high-performance aluminum cookware that is also oven safe to 350 degrees. But of course, you can choose any set you like.
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**Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post but I received a set of Farberware New Traditions Cookware. All opinions are 100% my own.
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Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction
I love these flavors! Perfect for the holidays!
Arlene @FlourOnMyFace
Lyuba
I love a good pork roast. This flavor combo sounds perfect with pork!
Glenda
You baked fall right into your roast! It sounds divine and I LOVE the blue cookware.
Nicole
Lyuba, I love the set you chose from Farberware. I have two skillets in that speckled blue and just love them! The entire set is gorgeous together!
I love the Apple Maple Dijon twist to the classic pork roast, it sounds delicious!!
heather @french press
it does sound like a terrific holiday meal, but I am SO not ready to think about that 🙂
Andrea Kruse
The combination of apple, maple and dijon does sound amazing! …like earth shatteringly amazing. I have an apple porkchop recipe and go for anything with dijon and meat. I am going to have to make this soon for my family.
Julie @ This Gal Cooks
This looks good, Lyuba! I love the apple maple dijon flavor combo you used for this!
Patty
What a great combination!! Sounds so good for the holidays!! 🙂
Janelle
I would love to win the speckled cookware in the picture or the classic set with nonstick skillets and stainless pots and pans.
Janelle
I forgot the link in my last post….I also like this set. http://shop.farberwarecookware.com/Cookware/Farberware-Classic-Stainless-Steel-10-Piece-Cook–Strain-Set-Stainless-Steel-77289.html
Denise Melonas
Yum! Apple and pork!
Misty Bourgeois
shop.farberwarecookware.com/Cookware/Farberware-New-Traditions-12-Inch-Aluminum-Covered-Skillet-Silver-16099.html
Joan Kubes
I’d most like to have 12.5-Inch Covered Skillet With Side Handles. http://shop.farberwarecookware.com/Cookware/Farberware-New-Traditions-12.5-Inch-Covered-Skillet-With-Side-Handles-Blue-16011.html
Judy H.
Perfect for the fall :0)
And…Love this look!
Monica Jertson Cateron
Extra stock pot !!!! I can always use extra stockpots
Anne Marie Desaulniers
I love pork recipes and I love cookware!!
millieoja
I love the purple one wow but like red
Amy | Amy's Cooking Adventures
I’d love the 12 quart stock pot! http://shop.farberwarecookware.com/Cookware/Farberware-New-Traditions-12-Quart-Covered-Stockpot-Blue-16012.html
Karen H.
I’m revamping my kitchen, out w/the old and very used and looking for the new! This blue speckled cookware would be perfect!
Kathleen
14-Piece Cookware Set, Lavender
http://shop.farberwarecookware.com/Cookware/Farberware-Aluminum-14-Piece-set-Purple-16013.html
Abir
I like the Farberware New Traditions 14-Piece Cookware Set, Red coloured.It will look amazing and love cooking with it.
http://shop.farberwarecookware.com/Cookware/Farberware-New-Traditions-14-piece-Set-Red-16480.html
Liz
I love pork roast and this recipe sounds great. Thank you.
Karen H
I would love to win the New Traditions 14-Piece Cookware Set in Red.
http://shop.farberwarecookware.com/Cookware/Farberware-New-Traditions-14-Piece-Cookware-Set-Red-15679.html
Mary
I love the speckled blue Farberware New Traditions cookware! I would use this cookware every day!! I’m going to make this Apple Maple Dijon Pork Roast this week….recipe sounds delicious!
Elizabeth Carlock
This recipe looks delicious and I wonder if my husband would like to cook with lavender cookware. I love purple. http://shop.farberwarecookware.com/Cookware/Farberware-Aluminum-14-Piece-set-Purple-16013.html
Susan Broughton
I would like to have a really big skillet for frying and making a large amount of an item. So I would go with the 5-Quart Jumbo Cooker with Helper Handle, Blue
Marisa Franca @ All Our Way
Boy do I ever hear you about working ahead!! Being new to the blogging and recipes I have so many that I’m making for us for the holidays. Which means? That I’ll have to save them for next year to post because I certainly can’t make dish and have it several weeks ahead of time, especially meat. Your pictures are fabulous and we do love our pork — I’m hungry right now – I haven’t had dinner yet.
Elizabeth
Definitely making that Pork Tenderloin recipe…thanks for posting it! The Farberware Cookware is Fabulous. Here’s my link http://shop.farberwarecookware.com/Cookware/Farberware-New-Traditions-5-Quart-Jumbo-Cooker-with-Helper-Handle-Blue-16278.html ~ 5-Quart Jumbo Cooker with Helper Handle, Blue
Tonia
That sounds delicious! I love making pork roast for my family. Your blue set is so pretty!
Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats
This looks amazing Lyuba! I’m already on Red Velvet treat for V-Day 🙂 Tis the life!!!
keshakeke
I love the 14 piece stainless steel set http://shop.farberwarecookware.com/Cookware/Farberware-New-Traditions-14-piece-Set-Metallic-78649.html
Laura
Love the blue cookware!
Peggy Johnson
I really like this blue set
http://shop.farberwarecookware.com/Cookware/Farberware-New-Traditions-14-Piece-Cookware-Set-Blue-15681.html
Annette
I’d like to have these Twin pack: 8-Inch & 10-Inch skillets.
http://shop.farberwarecookware.com/Cookware/Farberware-New-Traditions-Twin-pack-8-Inch-and-10-Inch-skillets-Red-16482.html
Christy Spurlock
My choice 12-Inch open deep skillet with helper handle, Red! Looks so versatile.
Chris @ Shared Appetite
This sounds amazing! I love love love pork… def my fave protein of all time. Loving the apple-maple-dijon flavors!