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Pork Roast with Peppercorn-Mustard Crust and Cider Gravy Recipe

Brought to you by Inn & Spa at Cedar Falls

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Yield: 8

Ingredients:
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon butter, room temperature
1 tablespoon cracked white peppercorn
One 4 1/2 lb boneless pork loin roast rolled and tied
1 tablespoon whole mustard seeds
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
2 teaspoon golden brown sugar
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
1 tablespoon cracked black peppercorns
1 tablespoon cracked dried green peppercorns

For the Cider Gravy:
1 1/2 cup apple cider
3 tablespoons apple jack
1 tablespoon all purpose flour
3/4 cup chicken broth
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Salt and pepper

Instructions:
Pork Roast:
Position rack in lowest third of oven and preheat to 475 degrees.

Add 1 tablespoon butter to a heavy large skillet over medium-high heat and brown about 4 minutes per side. Remove from skillet. Cool 10 minutes. Transfer to roasting pan.

Combine remaining 1/4 cup butter with mustard seeds, flour, sugar, mustard, thyme, and peppercorns in bowl. Spread paste oven top and sides of roast. Roast 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 325 degrees.

Continue cooking until internal temperature reads 160F, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Transfer roast to cutting board and tent with foil. Transfer 2 tablespoons drippings in pan to heavy small saucepan; discard remaining drippings.

Cider Gravy:
Heat roasting pan over medium-low heat. Add cider and boil until liquid is reduced to 3/4 cup scraping up any browned bits, about 8 minutes. Stir in apple jack, boil 1 minute.

Heat drippings in saucepan over medium-high heat. Add flour and stir until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Whisk in cider mixture and stock. Simmer until thickened, stirring occasionally, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Mix in vinegar and mustard. Season with salt and pepper. Carve roast and serve with gravy.

Notes:
We serve this with the leek strudel and finish with pumpkin bread pudding with caramel sauce for an elegant autumn dinner.