Recipe courtesy of Wayne Harley Brachman

Roast Pork with Duck Sauce on Garlic Bread

  • Level: Intermediate
  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 5 min
  • Prep: 10 min
  • Cook: 55 min
This was the specialty of the landmark "Crossroads" Pizzeria in South Fallsburg, N.Y. It's the place where Catskill Resort workers and guests, "up for the whole season," would go for pizza or roast pork sandwiches when they needed a break from the Jewish cooking at the Hotels. I make the garlic bread with pastrami seasoning.
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Ingredients

2 ounces (1/2 stick) unsalted butter

1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil

6 large cloves garlic, minced

1 teaspoon coriander seeds, smashed into little chunks

1 tablespoon sweet Hungarian paprika

1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 baguette, halved lengthwise

Duck Sauce, recipe follows

Honey Roasted Tenderloin, recipe follows

Duck Sauce:

1/4 cup apricot jam

2 tablespoons cider vinegar

2 tablespoons water

Honey Roasted Loin:

1/4 cup honey

2 tablespoons light brown sugar

1 pound whole pork tenderloin

Directions

  1. In a saute pan, melt the butter and olive oil. Add the garlic and saute until softened. Let rest for at least 15 minutes, the longer it rests, the more garlic-y it will be.
  2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  3. Mix the coriander seeds with the paprika and cumin seeds.
  4. Paint the bread halves with the garlic mixture. Sprinkle on the spice mixture. Wrap the loaf in foil and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the foil, separate the halves, and bake for 5 more minutes until crunchy.
  5. Cut bread into 4 portions. Shmear with Duck Sauce. Fill with the sliced Honey Roasted Loin. Eat.

Duck Sauce:

  1. Mix together

Honey Roasted Loin:

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Mix together the honey and sugar. Roll the pork loin in it to coat. Roast for 30 to 40 minutes, or until an inserted meat thermometer reads 155 to 160 degrees F. Let rest for 5 to 10 minutes before slicing thinly.

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sryder001

This is a legendary recipe. I grew up two miles from The Crossroads Cafe on route 42 in Old Falls New York. It's in the TOWN of Fallsburg, but it is definitely not South Fallsburg, which is another 2.5 miles down the road - thank goodness. Anyway, it was at the Crossroads (which was actually at an intersection) I was introduced to the RP on GB. That was 60 years ago, and I am making the sandwich for lunch today. I use a little Red Food Dye brushed over the pork to give it that Chinese look, and a little Chinese Five Spice for the flavor. I also use a hard roll and not a sliced Baguette. It was always served on a toasted hard roll (a Kaiser roll) infused with butter and garlic. You could get it in other places as well, and it was always served with onion rings on the side, which do marry very well, along with a pickle of course. Its a lifetime addiction, so beware! BTW, the Crossroads closed a couple of generations ago, but in the 60's an after-hours club opened up called The China Den." Wow, what a wild place - but then it was the 60's, after all. Live music every night, booze served in coffee cups way after legal hours, dancing and jamming until the sun came up - what memories for a boy of fourteen. And then one day, like all things, it ended. And we all woke up as adults. But you can still enjoy the RP on GB! SLATHER the Duck Sauce! Don't spare the garlic (the pretty dancing girls are so stoned they won't smell it on your breath.) So even if you are not blessed with the memories - you can still go nuts over the RP on GB.

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