Rolled Roast Loin of Pork with Homemade Apple Sauce

Step 01

Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7 and season the pork all over. Lay it skin-side down and sprinkle over the sliced onion, sage, apple, lemon zest and half the butter then season again.

Step 02

Roll the pork up as tightly as possible into a sausage shape and secure with cooking string at intervals. Sit it on the quartered onion, carrots and garlic in a deep roasting tray, rub over the remaining butter and pour in the wine.

Step 03

Roast for 30 minutes then reduce the oven to 150C/130C Fan/Gas 4 and cook for 3-4 hours until the pork is fall-apart tender.

Step 04

For the apple sauce, gently heat the apples with half the sugar, a splash of lemon juice and water, and the butter until broken down. Beat until nearly smooth, leaving a few chunks, and season with salt and more sugar or lemon juice to taste.

Step 05

Rest the pork for at least 30 minutes. Strain the roasting juices into a pan, season and keep warm.

Step 06

Boil the broccoli for 3-4 minutes until just tender and toss with a knob of butter. Slice the pork and serve with the roasted vegetables, apple sauce, broccoli and gravy.