Best 8 Cranberry Stuffed Pork Loin Recipes

CRANBERRY-STUFFED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the celery and scallions and cook until slightly softened, 2 minutes.
• Add the cranberries and sage and cook 2 minutes.
• Add the bread and cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes.
• Add 1/2 cup chicken broth and the parsley and stir until the broth is absorbed, 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper; transfer to a bowl.
• Wipe out the skillet.
• Holding a knife parallel to the cutting board, cut a deep 2-inch-wide pocket into the side of each pork chop. Season the chops on both sides with salt and pepper and fill the pockets evenly with the stuffing.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in the skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chops and cook until golden brown, 2 minutes per side.
• Add 1/2 cup chicken broth; reduce the heat to medium low. Cover and cook until the chops are cooked through, about 5 more minutes. Transfer to plates.
• Add the remaining 3/4 cup broth and the cream to the skillet and increase the heat to medium high. Simmer, stirring, until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Season with salt and pepper.
• Pour over the chops and serve.

CRANBERRY APPLE STUFFED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Combine the stuffing mix and water in a mixing bowl; set aside. Grease a roasting pan with cooking spray.
• Trim the fat and connective tissue from the pork loin. Cut from one side through the middle horizontally to within 1/2-inch of the other side. Open the two sides and spread them out like an open book. Place the pork loin between two sheets of heavy plastic (resealable freezer bags work well) on a solid, level surface. Firmly pound the pork with the smooth side of a meat mallet to a thickness of 1/2-inch.
• Stir the apple, cranberries, pecans, and onion into the stuffing mix. Season the pork loin with salt and pepper to taste, then spread the stuffing mix onto the cut side of the loin. Roll the pork into a firm cylinder, and secure with cooking twine. Place into the prepared roasting pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the pork is no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C). Cover the meat with two layers of aluminum foil, and allow to rest in a warm area for 10 minutes. Remove kitchen twine before slicing and serving.

CRANBERRY APPLE STUFFED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• Pound the butterflied roast to an even thickness: With the pork roast unfolded, cover with 2 layers of of plastic wrap. Pound with a meat mallet to flatten to a somewhat even thickness. Remove the plastic wrap. Sprinkle the pork with salt and pepper and set aside.
• Let the pork rest, then slice and serve: Remove from the oven. Tent the roast with foil and let it rest for 10 minutes. Remove the kitchen string and slice into 1/2-inch thick slices to serve. Save the pan drippings! Serve with pan drippings or use the pan drippings to make gravy. See How to Make Gravy .

QUICK SAVORY CRANBERRY GLAZED PORK LOIN ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Combine the cranberry sauce, apple jelly, mustard, crushed bouillon, horseradish, garlic powder, and thyme in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
• Line a large baking pan with foil. Place pork loin in pan, fat side up. Sprinkle evenly with salt and pepper. Use a pastry brush and a small spoon to completely coat the pork with sauce.
• Cook until the pork is no longer pink in the center, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), about 45 minutes, basting every 10 minutes with remaining sauce.

CRANBERRY-STUFFED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F
• To butterfly the roast, turn the roast fat side down. Make a single lengthwise cut down the center of the loin, cutting to within 1/2 inch of the other side. Spread open like a book. Place knife in the "V" of the first cut. Make another cut-knife should be parallel to the table-to the right of the "V" to within 1/2 inch of the end (do not cut all the way thru the roast). Repeat the parallel cut to the left of the "V". Spread open the sections. Cover with plastic wrap. Working from center to edges, pound with flat side of meat mallet to 3/4 to 1 inch thickness. Remove plastic wrap.
• Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper; spread 2/3 cup Roasted Garlic and Sweet Onion Jam.
• Sprinkle cranberries onto jam.
• Starting at a long side, roll meat up.
• Tie snugly at 3 inch intervals with 100% cotton string.
• Place the rolled pork loin roast on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
• Sprinkle with garlic salt and pepper.
• Insert a meat thermometer into center of roast (the thickest part).
• Roast, uncovered, for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours or until thermometer registers 155 degrees F, spreading with the remaining jam the last 15 minutes of roasting.
• Remove the roast from the pan.
• Cover with foil; let stand for 15 minutes before carving.
• Meanwhile, for gravy, carefully pour wine into roasting pan, stirring to scrape up browned bits from bottom of pan.
• Strain and measure pan juices.
• Add chicken broth, if necessary, to equal 1 1/2 cups total.
• In a saucepan stir 3/4 cup chicken broth into flour until smooth; stir in the wine mixture.
• Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly; cook and stir for 1 minute more.
• To carve, cut string. Using a carving knife, cut roast into 1 inch thick slices.
• Serve with gravy.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH CRANBERRY STUFFING

Steps:

• To make the stuffing, melt the butter in a large saucepan and saute the onion until tender but do not brown.
• Stir in the cranberries, celery seed, sage, thyme and allspice.
• Add the breadcrumbs and stir until evenly mixed.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Cut the tenderloins lengthwise but do not cut right through.
• The meat should open like a book.
• Pound lightly with a cleaver or rolling pin to flatten slightly.
• Spread the stuffing on one side of the meat, fold the other side over the stuffing and tie with cotton string.
• Place the meat on a rack in a roasting pan.
• Rub with butter.
• Bake in a preheated 325 degree F oven for 20 to 30 minutes to the pound for approximately 1 hour.
• Baste several times with the pan juices.
• Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

STUFFED PORK ROAST WITH CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Butterfly pork loin by cutting through roast horizontally to within 1/4-inch of the other side.
• Do not cut all the way through.
• Set aside.
• Melt butter in medium heavy skillet over medium-high heat.
• Reduce heat, add onion, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer onion to food processor and add pecans, bread, ham, salt and pepper.
• Mince using on/off turns.
• Spread 1/4 to 1/2 of stuffing over pork loin, fold and tie with butcher's twine at 1 1/2-inch intervals.
• Place roast on rack in roasting pan; place in 350° oven and roast until internal temperature registers 155°, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Bake remaining stuffing in small casserole for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine water and sugar in 3-qt.
• non-aluminum saucepan and bring to boil over medium-high heat, making sure sugar is dissolved.
• Add cranberries, reduce heat, cover and simmer until berries pop, about 5 minutes.
• Puree in food processor and strain to remove skins.
• Stir in salt and pepper.
• Reheat gently, if necessary, before serving.
• Let roast stand 10 minutes before slicing thinly to serve.
• Serve pork, with extra stuffing on side, with cranberry sauce.

ROSEMARY-SCENTED PORK LOIN STUFFED WITH ROASTED GARLIC, DRIED APRICOTS AND CRANBERRIES AND PORT WINE PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 250 degrees. Heat oil in a small skillet over medium-low heat. Add whole garlic cloves and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and golden, about 5 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon; reserve oil.
• Turn pork loin fat-side down. Slit lengthwise, almost but not quite all the way through, to form a long pocket, leaving a 1/2-inch border of unslit meat at each end. Brush cavity with some of the reserved garlic cooking oil, and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper and 1 Tb. of the rosemary. Line cavity with sauteed garlic and apricots; sprinkle in cranberries. Tie loin together with kitchen twine or heavy-duty string at 1 1/2-inch intervals.
• Brush with remaining oil, and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Set roast, fat-side up, diagonally or curved (so it fits) on a large, lipped cookie sheet or jellyroll pan. Warm 1/4 cup apple jelly along with the minced garlic and remaining rosemary. Brush mixture onto meat.
• Roast until a meat thermometer stuck into the center registers 125 to 130 degrees. (Start checking at about 1 1/2 hours.) Remove from oven; raise oven temperature to 400 degrees. Brush loin with pan drippings, return to oven, and continue to roast until the loin is golden brown and a meat thermometer stuck into the center registers 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), about 20 minutes longer. For even more attractive coloring, broil until spotty brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Let roast rest 15 to 20 minutes; transfer to a carving board. Stir juices around pan to loosen brown bits. Pour through a strainer into a small pan, and stir in port, chicken broth and remaining 2 Tbs. of jelly; bring to a simmer. Mix cornstarch with a couple of tablespoons of cold water; whisk into sauce. Simmer until lightly thickened. Slice pork and serve with a little sauce.