PORK: Try out this method of roasting pork on the BBQ.

CRISPY PORK ROAST BBQ WITH APPLE GLAZE:

 3 ½-4 lbs. boned pork loin with skin on

apple-glaze:

    1 ½ cup apple sauce, preferably home made***                 

   2 tbsp. brown sugar

   1 tsp. aniseed                                                           

2 tsp. cooking oil                                                                    

1 ½ -2 tbsp salt

freshly-ground black pepper

 In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, toast aniseed for 30 seconds or until it becomes fragrant. Add ½ cup apple sauce and brown sugar. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.

Score pork skin in a diamond pattern with a sharp knife and rub 1 tbsp. salt and oil all over the skin, working into the cuts. Rub rest of pork with the remaining salt and pepper to taste.  Tie the pork with kitchen string to keep its shape.

Preheat barbeque to medium indirect heat and oil the grill. Put pork loin on the grill and cover the hood. Cook for 1 hour. Baste meat, not the skin, with apple sauce after 30 minutes of cooking, and repeat basting every 10 minutes after that.

When cooking is complete, rest pork for 10-15 minutes before carving. Cut off crackling and cut them into pieces to serve with carved meat. Serve with remaining apple sauce.

 ***Apple Sauce:

 4 large apples, peeled, cored and sliced                      

sugar to taste

1 tbsp. butter

Place apples in a saucepan with barely enough water to cover and bring mixture to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer apples for 5 minutes or until soft. Transfer apple pieces to a blender and reserve cooking liquid. Puree apples, adding as little of cooking liquid as needed to blend into a smooth thick sauce. Add sugar to taste and the butter.