Hi Everyone,
Make way for a princely cut of meat that will impress the heck out of everyone at your holiday table – a crown roast of pork. Or lamb.
The main Christmas meal is not only about food and fellowship, it is also about outdoing yourself. Each year, we home cooks always seem to be in competition with ourselves; we have to do better than we did last year. We have to wow the family (and friends). We’ve got to come up with something different. You know what I am talking about right? Why do we do this? Our loved ones plead with us, “Don’t fuss too much this year… don’t make so many things like you did last year… don’t…” You think we listen? Nah! We are in our own zone. We’ve got to one-up ourselves. Well, just in case you haven’t yet settled on the pièce de résistance, for your main holiday meal, consider making a stuffed crown roast of pork or lamb, or both, depending on the size of your gathering. Actually serving both types of meats would take care of those who don’t eat pork or lamb.
A crown roast has a good meat to bone ratio. There’s ample, meat and for those of us bone lovers, there are bones for us to rid of meat and gnaw at. Sigh, all is well with the world.
Though the idea of cooking a crown roast may seem intimidating, it really is not. If you have ever roasted any type of
