Honey Glazed Pork Loin

Method

• step 1

  Preheat the oven to 180 C. fan 170 C, Mk 4. Rinse the pork loin, and pat dry all over with kitchen paper, or a clean kitchen teatowel. Set in a roasting tray.

• step 2

  Mix together 100ml of the cider, half of the oil, the mustard, honey, sage, sea salt and pepper in a small bowl. Spoon this mix over the pork, and cover loosely with foil or baking parchment. Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes, basting every 20 minutes with the pan juices.

• step 3

  Meanwhile, cook the chopped onion in the remaining oil for a few minutes, just to soften. Mix this with the oats and parsley, and the sausage meat from the sausages. Take 4 tbsp of cooking juices from the meat pan and add to the sausage and oats, stirring in well. Divide the mixture into 8. Shape these into 8 golfball sized balls. Transfer to an oiled baking tray, and bake for 20 minutes.

• step 4

  When the pork and the stuffing balls are cooked, set aside to keep warm. Moisten the cornflour with a little of the cider. Set the roasting tray over a high heat, and pour on the remaining cider, scraping any residue from the bottom. Add the cornflour, and stir until thickened.

• step 5

  Serve the pork and the stuffing balls hot, with the sauce spooned over.