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Christmas Pork Roast
Photo: Sam Loyd

Christmas Pork Roast

9 ingredients 15 min + 1 hr 1 pork roast openrecipes
Christmas Pork Roast

"This is a recipe I made up when my husband requested a 'roast that tastes like Christmas.' It's a savory-sweet pork roast with cranberries, apples, and cloves. You can add ground cloves to the glaze instead of using whole cloves."

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

637
Calories
60g
Protein
19g
Fat
57g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Cranberry 1 cup raw (100g) 46
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Berry not in our table 0
Sauce not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 (4 pound) boneless pork loin roast
  • 1 teaspoon whole cloves
  • 1 apple, sliced
  • 2 (16 ounce) cans whole berry cranberry sauce
  • 1 (16 ounce) can chicken broth
  • 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 orange, zested

Directions

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By allrecipes · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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