Easter Dinner: Pork Rib Roast

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Easter Dinner

Pork Rib Roast [BBQ]
I am so excited that Easter is almost hear. All the things I love wrapped up in one day...friends, family, food and fun ! I can Hardly wait. Here is a Great Meal for Easter. The entire meal consists of Pork Rib Roast, Roasted Carrots, Potatoes, and Onions with an Apple Cranberry Compote and Steamed Asparagus and Broccoli. This recipe is for 4 people. You can just double it if to serve 8 and so on depending on hour big your Easter Party is.
COST - $20 [I got the Roast on Sale for .99lb]
TIME - 4-5 hours including cook time
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY - 3 on a scale of 1-5 several steps for each dish

BBQ Cooking

For a 5lb roast, I cooked it on the BBQ for 5 hours at around 200-250 degrees. It breaks down to 1-1/2 hour per pound. Cook away from coals. This is for the LOW and SLOW way to BBQ. It will be smokey, tender and juicy. If you want to cook this in an oven it will take 30-40 min per pound at 325 degrees or till internal temp is 165 degrees. It will continue to cook after you remove it from the heat. Let it rest for 10-15 with foil lightly covering before serving. I seasoned this with a generous amount of Salt, Pepper, Ginger and dried Thyme.
RUB seasoning into Pork Roast and let marinade for at least 2 hours.

Roasted Veggies

One of the sides is Roasted root Veggies. Talk about easy. Cut  5 potatoes, 5 carrots and 3 onions into quarters and add to a large mixing bowl. Add 4 Tbsp Olive Oil, salt and pepper to taste and 4 Tbsp of your favorite herb. I used Rosemary. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spread veggies on a cookie sheet in a single layer and cook for 20 minutes. Remove and serve.

Apple Cranberry Compote

What goes better with Pork than Apples. Here I made an Apple Cranberry Compote. Peel and cut 5 apples into eight pieces each, juice of 1 lemon plus 2 lemon wedges, 2 cinnamon sticks, 1 cup Crazins [dried cranberries] and 1/2 cup sugar. Add these ingredients to a 4 quart pot and simmer for 15 minutes until fruit is almost fork tender. At this point make a slurry with 2 Tbsp cornstarch and 1 cup of water. Add to the mixture and bring to a boil for 1 minute and turn off heat. This can be served warm or cold.

Steamed Veggies

To finish this meal, I steamed some Broccoli and Asparagus and served them in a side dish for each guest. It  doesn't seem like a well balanced meal until you add something green and you can go wrong with this.

Easter Dinner

To plate this just cut down between each rib bone 1 per serving and add your compote and roasted veggies. Keep your steamed veggies in their side dish and serve with your favorite beverage. Click for Drink recipes.







I really Hope you enjoy your Easter dinner with your loved ones and WOW them with how delicious this meal is.
Hoppy Easter !
Til Later,
You Gay Husband