Thursday- Roast Pork Loin with Plum BBQ Sauce

Adapted from Cooking Light

Chef’s Notes: Is this week over yet? Geez Louise! It’s drug on forever! SmithCale and I took a must needed respite and watched our beloved waiting new Netflix movie, “The King’s Speech”. Being a fanboy/girl of the English actor fanclub as we are, we absolutely loved it! All our favorites were there: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Dumbledore, and Peter Pettigrew. SmithCale was so moved by the movie; he promptly shot up afterwards and DID THE DISHES! Friday, I’m officially ready for you!

Plan of Attack:

1. Prep/simmer BBQ sauce

2. Brown pork

3. Roast

Ingredients for 2:

1 tsp olive oil

8 oz pork loin

Salt and pepper to taste

BBQ sauce-

12 oz plums, seeded and roughly chopped

1 Tbsp canola oil

¼ C red onion, finely chopped

1 garlic clove, minced

1/8 C brown sugar

1/8 C rice wine vinegar

1/8 C ketchup

1 Tbsp low-sodium soy sauce

1 tsp dry mustard

½ tsp ground ginger

1 whole clove

1 star anise

Sprinkle red & black pepper

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees
2. In a small saucepan heat canola oil, then add the onion & garlic; sauté 5 minutes
3. Then add plums, sugar, vinegar, ketchup, mustard, ginger, peppers, star anise & clove. Bring mixture to a boil, lower heat and simmer for about 30 minutes
4. In the final 10 minutes of the BBQ sauce simmer: heat olive oil in an oven-proof skillet (or ready a sprayed baking dish).
5. Salt and Pepper the pork loin then brown on all sides in the skillet for about 5-7 minutes (then move to baking dish if needed)
6. Top pork loin pieces with ½C plum BBQ sauce and roast in the oven for 10-15 minutes or until the pork reaches 155-160 degrees
7. Enjoy!