Caribbean Pork

(from herb’s recipe box)

Categories: Pork

Ingredients

  • 4 tbs pickapeppa sauce
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/4 tsp thyme
  • 1 2lb boneless pork loin roast
  • 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 3/4 inch pieces
  • 1 recipe mango jicama salsa

Directions

  1. In small bowl combine3 tbs of piccapeppa sauce, garlic and thyme. set aside.

  2. Trim fat from roast. Brush garlic mixture on all sides and place in shallow roasting pan. Roast in 325 deg oven for 45 minutes.

  3. Cook sweet potatoes in boiliong lightly salted water about 8 minutes or until just tender; drain. Toss potatoes with remaing tbs of picpeppa sauce. Place potatoes around pork in pan. Continue roasting 30 to 45 minutes longer until temp reaches 155 deg. Cover meat with foil and let stnd on wire rack for 15 minutes..

  4. To serve, slice roast and serve with mango jicama salsa.

  5. Mango-jiocama salsa: Drain one 8 oz can pineapple tidbits, reserving 2 tbs of juice, In med bowl, combine pineapple, reserved juice, 1 cup peeled, copped jicama, 1 medium mangoseeded and chopped, 1 large tomato,seeded and chopped, 1 green onion, sliced, 1 jlapeno, seeded and finely chopped, 1 tbs lime juice and 1/8 tsp salt.Cover and refrigerate until serving time.

  6. If you can’t find piccapeppa sauce, sustitute 3 tbs worcestershire sauce mixed with a dash of hot pepper sauce.

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