I am in the throws of Whole30 at the moment...and on every Friday night, we have people over and have "game night". I was going to make the lemon rosemary chicken, but decided last minute to make a pork roast. Here's my "recipe"...
I used a 3.5 pound pork tenderloin from BJ's. Their "good nature" brand - antibiotic free, humanely raised, etc.
I had organic fingerling potatoes from lucky's market, as well as half a head of cabbage, and 4 organic braeburn apples.
I hope you see where I'm going with this...
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
You'll need:
2 pounds of potatoes (I used organic fingerlings)
half a head of cabbage (more if you really like cabbage)
a pork tenderloin (Mine was over 3 pounds)
A variety of spices (paprika, salt, pepper, dry mustard, etc.)
3-4 apples (I used braeburn apples)
So I took the pork, put it in a 9x13 pyrex, and put a dry rub on it - I rubbed it lightly in bacon grease, then sprinkled quite a bit of paprika on, a little dry mustard, a good bit of garlic powder, some of my "veggie pepper" blend from frontier, and a lot of salt, and then I sprayed my avocado oil on it to sorta "seal" it in. I let it come to room temp while I prepped other stuff. Cook to at LEAST 145 degrees - I cooked mine to 160. I think it took just over an hour and a half! I can't recall specifically...sorry - I'm terrible at recipes.
I sliced the cabbage and put it UNDER the raw pork roast. I salted it a little too. Don't worry, it'll cook down in the pork juices.
I got the pork in the oven, and started on the potatoes. I used 2 pounds of fingerling potatoes - I just rinsed them and checked for bad spots and took the little sprouts off. I put them in a greased pyrex and just put it in the oven with the roast.
Then I rinsed and sliced my apples. I'm sure any apple would work, I've just heard of braeburn being a typical "pork" apple. So I sliced it into 1/8ths slices, and heated my cast iron skillet up. I smeared a bit of bacon grease in it, and a little refined coconut oil....I put the apples in and caramelized them on each side.
Cook the pork to at LEAST 145 degrees - I cooked mine to 160. I think it took just over an hour and a half! I can't recall specifically...sorry - I'm terrible at recipes.
I served the pork sliced up, with the cabbage, the potatoes, and the apples. We served it with stone ground mustard on the side. My 3 year old loved it! He ate the pork and apples like a champ! I don't remember if I gave him cabbage or not...but his bowl was essentially cleaned out!
It may have been the most "German" meal I have ever made(I didn't even intend it to be that way...it kinda just all came together that way)...but it was loved by all and there was NOTHING about it that screamed "whole30" or "paleo" or anything...it was a delicious, hearty meal and will henceforth be referred to as my German dinner and will be added to our regular menu!
Enjoy!
In health,
Becca H.
P.S. I would have posted pictures, except I forgot to take any, and we devoured it...whooops....maybe next time!
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