Spicy Walnut Apple Butter Pork Loin
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Just a little heat, creamy caramelized apple butter and a fantastic crunch. Make this Spicy Walnut Apple Butter Pork Loin for an easy dinner!
It’s a fabulous Friday!!! I am so excited to be sharing a Diving Into Decadence recipe with you today. Its not really that decadent, but it does feel like it!
I have been searching for inspiration for pork loin for months, right after I had made the Crockpot Spiced Apple Butter an old dusty Rachael Ray magazine, April 2008 caught my attention with a great recipe for Spicy Apple Butter Pork. Then about a week ago my dear friend and timing master Mary posted a recipe for Spicy Apple Butter Pork. I just knew it must be fate. Double inspiration=make it all ready. So I started working on my recipe, I decided to take it up a notch and add some nuts and cayenne pepper to my fantastic homemade apple butter. Want a different side, This saffron walnut rice pilaf is amazing!!!
Once dinner was in the oven and Chad caught a whiff of the pork cooking, he got really excited. His enthusiasm continued throughout dinner. So, the consensus is that all 3 of us love it! I have been adding 2 tablespoon of Baked Cinnamon Apple Sauce to Munchkins all week and she has been devouring it along with the Potato Cauliflower Mash. I also have been enjoying the Green Beans with Garlic as well. It is a perfect combination!
The pork was tender and juicy, the spicy walnut apple butter crust was caramelized and delicious. Just a little heat, creamy caramelized apple butter and a fantastic crunch. I could not ask for more. Seriously! Munchkin has eaten this every day for a week and to say she is a picky eater is quite an understatement.
Enjoy!
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Recipe inspired by Rachael Ray and Barefeet in the Kitchen
Spicy Walnut Apple Butter Pork Loin
Ingredients
- 3 pound pork loin
- 1 cup apple butter
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
- Drizzle olive oil, extra virgin
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Sprinkle pork loin with salt and pepper. In a large skillet over high heat, drizzle olive oil and allow to warm. Then brown all 6 sides of pork loin (to get the ends I had to hold the pork with tongs). Remove from pan and set in baking dish to rest while you prepare glaze.
- In a medium sized bowl, combine apple butter, walnuts and cayenne pepper. Apply apple butter mixture to the whole pork loin each side, top, bottom and front and back!
- Bake for 50-80 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 145°. Mine took about 70 minutes!
- Enjoy!!!
Nutrition
All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe’s nutritional value will vary depending on the ingredients used, measuring methods, and portion sizes.
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This looks GREAT, Donna! I am loving the walnuts you added. I am going to try that next time.
"Timing Master" bwahahahahaha, I love it. I burst out laughing when I saw your title today too. We really are thinking alike these days.
What a great way to use apple butter! I'm sitting down to a bowl of quinoa and veggies for lunch (and secretly wishing I could have some of this!) Thank you for sharing with me. I hope you have a wonderful weekend full of good food and fun.
Delicious!! I´m gonna try for the Holidays, but I´m wondering if I need to cover with aluminium foil to bake, or not??
Delicious, I will try this for Holidays, but I wonder if I need to cover it whit aluminium foil for bake, or not?? Thanks for sharing this great recipe.
Hi Lourdes,
I did not cover it, but keep an eye on it and if the nuts look dark, tent some foil over it and let it finish cooking.
This tastes awesome. The crust had such a great flavor and the meat came out perfectly tender and moist!