Pork loin and cider sauce.
Cooked a 2kg pork loin joint this afternoon on bbq. Have put recipe below. Really tender, juicy and tasty. Did us for our Sunday roast and enough leftover# to last us most of next week. Cheap as chips too.
The secret of this recipe is to marinade the joint overnight so that the meat takes on max liquid. Marinade is simple. Small bottle of cider, couple of spoons full brown sugar, same amount of honey, couple of large squeezes of garlic purée, bay leaf, salt and pepper. Put the joint in a food bag with the marinade and leave overnight.
When you are ready to cook, make sure you have set the bbq so you can cook over direct and indirect heat. I do that by having the charcoal at the sides of the bbq and a foil drip tray in the middle with some water in it. Heat should be around 180 - 200. Sear the joint over the coals for 8 minutes and them move it to the middle over the drip tray. Cook with lid closed until internal temp is 62c. Should take about 90 mins to 2 hours. Meanwhile don’t throw away the marinade. Put it in a pan and simmer and reduce the liquid by half. Add butter and Dijon mustard and stir well. When the sauce is a bit syrupy, add a bit of creme freche and reduce heat. Stir until sauce is smooth and well blended. Serve slices of pork and sauce with whatever vege and taters you like. Thank me later!