Honey Apple Glazed Pork
This pork builds pork butt roast, dried sage and applesauce into a crowd-pleasing meal you can have ready in about 65 minutes. Scroll down for the ingredient checklist, a serving scaler and unit converter, and the method broken into 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and pan. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention.
What you'll need
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 160 C (325 F) and pat the pork butt roast dry with paper towel.
- Combine the flour, ground mustard, dried sage, salt and black pepper, then rub the mixture all over the roast to coat it.
- Heat the vegetable oil in an ovenproof pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat and sear the roast on all sides until deeply browned, about 8 to 10 minutes total.
- Stir together the applesauce, honey and ground cinnamon, then spoon about half of this glaze over the roast.
- Cover the pot, transfer to the oven and roast for about 2.5 to 3 hours, basting with the remaining glaze every 45 minutes, until the pork is fork-tender and reaches an internal temperature of at least 90 C (195 F) for pulling.
- Remove the roast and let it rest, loosely tented with foil, for 15 minutes.
- Skim any excess fat from the pan juices, then slice or pull the pork and serve spooned with the honey-apple sauce from the pot.
You'll use: Oven Β· Pan Β· Large pot
Ingredient substitutions
- Honey
- maple syrup Β· agave
Tips & common questions
How long does Honey Apple Glazed Pork take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish β an estimate based on the 7 steps and 10 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of honey?
Try maple syrup. See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes β use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
How should I store leftovers?
Cool leftovers quickly, refrigerate in an airtight container, and eat within 3 days. Reheat until piping hot throughout.
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Honey Apple Glazed Pork is an original recipe developed in-house by Consomee. Photo: Apple strudel and dirty bowl wrap at Portobello, Whistler (31301942725).jpg by Ruth Hartnup from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure on top β how we source recipes.