Happy 2015! After a long hiatus, I'm excited to return to some food writing. We made this crown roast of pork for Christmas Eve dinner - it was delicious, impressive, and extremely easy.
Get the best piece of meat you can afford. This beautiful pork roast is from Publican Quality Meats, one of my favorite butcher shops in Chicago.
We saw this recipe on an episode of America's Test Kitchen and found a version online as part of a 1920's Downton Abbey-style menu. We followed the recipe exactly with great results.
Be careful with the sauce - our pan juices were mostly fat with very little juice, so it didn't come together very well. We would have been better off mixing the pureed apple with stock and seasoning well, but the pork was so good that no one missed it.
I will be sticking to this format in the future - a picture of something delicious I made, a recipe citation, and a few tips. Enjoy!