Peppery Pork Roast

Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee

Show: Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra LeeEpisode: Fast/Slow Cooking

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (56)

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Prep Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 servings

Times:

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Ingredients

2 medium onions, sliced
2 tablespoons canola oil
4 pounds pork loin roast
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
5 cloves
2 sticks cinnamon
1 bay leaf
1 (12-ounce) can peppery soda (recommended: Dr Pepper)
1 1/2 cups dried apricot halves
1 1/2 cups pitted prunes

Directions

Slice onions and place in slow cooker.

In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Season pork roast with salt and pepper, then brown on all sides. Place browned roast in slow cooker on top of sliced onions. Add cloves, cinnamon stick, and bay leaf to cooker. Pour can of cola over roast and top with dried fruit. Cover and cook 3 to 4 hours on High setting or 8 to 9 hours on Low, or until thermometer inserted into center of roast registers 160 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. Remove roast from slow cooker and let rest 5 to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, using a slotted spoon, remove onion, fruit and spices. Discard whole spices. Skim grease from sauce. Slice roast and serve topped with onions and fruit and a little sauce.

Serving Ideas: Delicious over garlic mashed potatoes.

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recipe Peppery Pork Roast
Katrina Lockhart, TX 10-17-2009
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Great!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I love this recipe, of course, I actually read it and followed it. I'm sorry but I can't help snickering at the people who... didn't read it properly and bought the wrong cut of meat and then couldn't figure out why it didn't cook properly. PAT ATTENTION PEOPLE! Pork Tenderloin is NOT the same as a Pork Loin Roast. Ask the butcher or a meat service person to assist you. For the person who wanted just healthy meals, I don't believe Semi Homemade has ever promised to be a health food show. Wrong channel, go find your remote. This one is for busy people who still want to add touches of homemade goodness to their food or take a short cut now and then when in a time bind.Read more
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RAFAEL BRADENTON, FL 06-08-2009
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Great recipe...
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I must say that I do not and repeat DO NOT make anything that Sandra makes, except her cocktails (which are generally... wonderful and the highlight of the afternoon, at least in my kitchen) however this time there was no cutting corners and using boxed ingredients. I was taught to cook by my Italian grandmother and have no need to cut corners with quick-fixes. While I really respect her and her show as it allows working people to make a great meal in less time and not eat junk food! Well as for this recipe it's wonderful and full of great flavor. I let it cook all night in my crock pot and it has NEVER been dry! The one thing I did was reduce the remaining sauce by half and used half of the apricot, onion mixture and put it in my food processor, then added it to the reduced sauce! Give it a try and by all means leave it in your crock pot all night and reduce the sauce and you will have a wonderful meal! I serve polenta with it! YUMMY.Read more
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Shelley Stow, OH 04-16-2009
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Waste of time and pork roast
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I never comment on recipes but felt I needed to add my 2 cents after ignoring others' reviews...this recipe is definitely one... to skip. We are usually very easy to please, but this dish was such a disappointment. I did cut down the cooking time because other people said it was dry - and it was still dry as a bone. I have no idea how cooking something in a pot full of liquid can dry it out so much! It had a funny flavor, too. Will definitely not make it again!Read more
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Carla Salem, OR 04-02-2009
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Peppery Pork Roast
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I haven't tried this recipe yet, but I just had to respond to many of the reviews. People!!! Read the recipe. It calls... for a Pork LOIN Roast, not a Pork TENDERLOIN Roast. No wonder your roast was overcooked, dry and stringy. These are two completely different cuts of meat. By the way, where do you even find a 4 pound tenderloin? I've never seen such a thing. I don't know if I'll try the recipe or not, but the bad reviews make me want to more than the good ones.Read more
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Edward Long Neck, DE 03-21-2009
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As good as it get's!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Made this recipe for my wife and I with just a couple of changes. I only used about 2 1/2 lbs of pork and I used 1/2 tsp of... ground cinnamon as opposed to the sticks. We don't have a slow cooker so I browned the roast in a Dutch oven, removed the roast and added all the ingredients. I then returned the roast to the pot, poured the Dr Pepper over it and cooked it in a 300 degree oven for 2 1/2 hrs. I then removed the roast from the the pot, reduced the sauce for about 5 mins, sliced the roast and spooned the sauce over it. Served it with German red cabbage and spaetzle. Out of this world! Didn't need a knife to cut the meat and the flavors were wonderful. Definitely a keeper!Read more
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Kippy lebanon, OR 03-19-2009
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To the comment below
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Sandra Lee's ideas are Semi Home Cooking hello that means prepackaged meals and more meals like mom's in a earlier era would... make. We as frequent semi home cooking watchers hopes the person below this who is stating she uses prepackaged meals holds down a 40 hour job, children and oh yeah raising them there selves. Then maybe they would see what great help Sandra Lee is!!!! This receipe is really good.Read more