Pork Roast W / Fruit Stuffing

    Servings: 10

    Source: "America's Everyday Diabetes Cookbook"


    Ingredients

      Stuffing: 1 T margarine or butter
      1/3 C chopped green onions
      1 tsp ground cumin
      1/2 tsp curry powder
      1 C chopped mixed dried fruits, such as apricots, prunes, apples, cranberries
      1/2 C soft bread crumbs
      1 tsp grated orange rind
      1 egg, beaten
      Salt and pepper
      3 lbs boneless pork loin roast
      2 tsp vegetable oil
      1 lg clove garlic, minced
      1 tsp rubbed sage
      1/2 tsp dried thyme
      1 T flour
      1/2 C white wine or chicken stock
      3/4 C chicken stock


    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.. Use roasting pan with rack.

    Stuffing:

    In a small skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add green onions, cumin and curry powder; cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until softened.

    Combine onion mixture, dried fruits, bread crumbs, orange rind and egg; season with salt and pepper.

    Remove strings from pork roast; unfold roast and trim excess fat. Place pork roast, boned side up, on work surface. Cover with plastic wrap and pound using a meat mallet to flatten slightly. Season with salt and pepper; spread stuffing down center of meat. Roll the pork around the stuffing and tie securely at 6 intervals with butcher's string.

    Place roast on rack in roasting pan. In a small bowl, combine oil, garlic, sage and thyme; spread over pork roast and season with salt and pepper.

    Roast in preheated oven for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours or until meat thermometer registers 160 degrees F.

    Remove roast to cutting board; tent with foil and let stand for 10 minutes before carving.

    Pour off fat in pan. Place over medium heat; sprinkle with flour. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until lightly colored. Add wine or stock; cook until partially reduced. Add stock and bring to a boil, scraping any brown bits from bottom of pan. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Strain sauce through a fine sieve into a warm sauceboat. Cut pork into thick slices and serve accompanied with gravy.

    Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/10 of recipe): Calories: 258, Fat: 8 g, Carbohydrate: 12 g, Fiber: 1 g, Protein: 32 g, Sodium: 173 mg, Cholesterol: 119 mg

    Diabetic Exchanges: 2/3 Fruit, 4-1/2 Lean Meat