Pork Loin Roast with Apples

By McLean

Ingredients

• 4 to 5 lb. pork loin roast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 ground cinnamon
• 2 medium-size cooking apples, peeled, cored, and sliced

Preparation

Step 1

Combine first 5 ingredients and rub on roast. Place roast, fat side up, on a rack in a roasting pan. Insert meat thermometer into thickest part of the roast, making sure it does not touch fat or bone. Bake at 350 for 3 1/2 hours or until thermometer registers 170 degrees.

Combine honey and next 5 ingredients in a sauce pan. Stir well. Bring to a boil. Add apple. Cover and simmer 8 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.

Transfer roast to a platter and spoon apple mixture over roast.