Ingredients

  • 1 x 6 to 7 lb. center-cut loin of pork tied into a crown roast, bones facing outward
  • 1 ounce Dry Ancho chili peppers, soaked in
  • 1/2 c. Warm water till softened, seeds carefully removed, pureed till smooth
  • 1/2 c. Tomato puree or possibly ketchup
  • 1/2 c. Honey
  • 1/2 c. Red wine vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 Tbsp. Coarsely grnd black pepper
  • 1 Tbsp. Grnd cumin seed
  • 2 x Garlic cloves, finely minced, about 1 tab
  • 1/4 c. Good Kentucky Bourbon Salt and pepper
  • 1 x Carrot, roughly minced
  • 1 x Onion, roughly minced
  • 1 x Celery stalk, roughly minced
  • 1/2 c. Dry white wine
  • 3 Tbsp. Flour
  • 3 Tbsp. Rendered pork fat
  • 2 c. Warm chicken broth

Method

  • Have your butcher tie the pork roast into the traditional crown roast shape, chine bone removed, split between the ribs to facilitate the formation of the crown shape.
  • Ask for the chine bone that will be used to roast the meat on to avoid burning the bottom.
  • In a saucepan over medium heat combine the pureed Ancho chili, tomato puree, honey, vinegar, Worcestershire, black pepper, grnd cumin and garlic.
  • Bring the ingredients to a simmer and allow to cook for 20 min before rem
  • oving from the heat and adding the bourbon.
  • Season the roast with salt and pepper and brush with Ancho marinade.
  • Place the chine bone in a roasting pan and place the pork roast on the bones: this will prevent the bottom of the roast from burning.
  • Place the roasting pan into the oven and cook for 20 min before turning the heat down to 350 degrees F. Brush the roast at frequent interva
  • ls during the cooking process to keep the roast moist as well as perfumed with the spice mix.
  • Add in the roughly cut vegetables and continue to cook till the roast reaches
  • an internal temperature of 150 degrees F. Remove the roast from the pan and allow to stand for 20 min before carving.
  • While the roast is resting make the quick pan gravy by pouring off all of the rendered pork fat, leaving the rough cut vegetables in the pan.
  • Place the roasting pan on the stove top, turn the burner on underneath the roasting pan and continue to cook the vegetables with the chine bone.
  • Carefully deglaze the pan by adding the wine allowing most o
  • f the liquid to cook off before adding the warm chicken broth, reducing the heat to a simmer.
  • Meanwhile in a small saucepan combine the 3 Tbsp.
  • of pork fat with the flour and cook gently to make a light brown r
  • oux, cooking about 3 to 4 min.
  • Using a wire whisk, add in the roux to the simmering stock and whip the ingredients together to avoid lumping.
  • Add in any remaining marinade to the gravy, then cook for 5 min before strai
  • ning through a fine mesh strainer.
  • Serve the roast, by carving at the table, with the dressing and gravy on the side.
  • Yield: 4 to 6 serving