Apple Stuffed Pork Shoulder

Name: Apple Stuffed Pork Shoulder
Ingredients: 6 lbs pork shoulder (have butcher remove bones); salt and pepper, to taste; 3 tablespoons prepared mustard; Apple Stuffing; 1/4 lb salt pork, diced; 1/2 cup diced celery; 1/2 cup minced onion; 2 cups apples, peeled and diced; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 cup breadcrumbs; 2 tablespoons parsley, minced; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon pepper

13 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

6 lbs pork shoulder (have butcher remove bones)
salt and pepper, to taste
3 tablespoons prepared mustard
Apple Stuffing
1/4 lb salt pork, diced
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup minced onion
2 cups apples, peeled and diced
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons parsley, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Directions

1

For the stuffing: Cook salt pork until crisp.
2

Remove from pan and cook celery and onion in fat until vegetables are tender.
3

Add apples and sugar; cover pan and cook until apples are tender.
4

Combine bread crumbs, parsley, seasonings and salt pork; mix well.
5

Add cooked apple mixture and mix thoroughly.
6

Fill cavity in pork roast with apple stuffing; fasten opening with poultry pins or skewers.
7

Place in a roasting pan, season with salt and pepper and roast at 350F until an internal temperature reaches 185F on a thermometer (allow 30 to 35 minutes per pound, adding weight of dressing to calculations).
8

When roast is half done, spread with mustard and finish roasting.