How To Make: Tender Roast Leg of Pork with Honey Mustard Glaze

Name: Tender Roast Leg of Pork with Honey Mustard Glaze
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 240 min
Total time: 300 min
Ingredients: 1 leg of pork; 60 ml crushed garlic; 30 ml fresh thyme; 100 ml butter; 60 ml Worcestershire sauce; 15 ml salt; 5 ml fresh ground pepper; 100 ml honey; 40 ml whole-grain mustard; 250 ml boiling water

How To Make: Tender Roast Leg of Pork with Honey Mustard Glaze

Pork meat does not have tons of flavour and can actually be rather bland. This sweet and tangy honey mustard glaze will magically transform your roast leg of pork into a tender and juicy taste sensation. Add some delicious crispy crackling and you have a meal fit for royalty…

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This leg of pork is slow roasted at a low temperature in the oven for several hours to give the meat a succulent and soft texture. Don’t rush it…it’s well worth the wait! To make the crackling crispy, remember that it must be cooked separately, in a hotter oven than the meat.

This recipe for Roast Leg of Pork asks for grainy Dijon mustard, but If you want more bite, you can always use spicy horseradish mustard.

When you remove the roast from the oven, let it sit for 15 minutes before slicing. Serve the roast with additional honey and mustard dressing for some dipping!

The roast pork pairs well with rice or roast potatoes, freshly blanched green beans, glazed carrots and pumpkin fritters for a traditional Sunday feast.

If there are any leftovers the next day, use the roast leg of pork to make sandwiches, tacos, pita wraps or even turn it into a quick stir-fry with some veggies.

CHEF’S TIP

This glaze also works well with pork chops: Roast them in the oven with the glaze on top so it gets nice and caramelised.

Tender Roast Leg of Pork with Honey Mustard Glaze

This impressive-looking and great-tasting roast leg of pork with honey mustard glaze is perfect for Sunday lunch.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Global

Keyword Pork Leg

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 4

Total Time 5

Servings 8

Author Melissa Jacobs

Ingredients

1 leg of pork
60 ml crushed garlic
30 ml fresh thyme
100 ml butter
60 ml Worcestershire sauce
15 ml salt
5 ml fresh ground pepper
100 ml honey
40 ml whole-grain mustard
250 ml boiling water

Instructions

Make a paste with the garlic, butter, thyme, salt, pepper and Worcerstershire sauce
Using a sharp paring knife make 10 small cuts in the soft meat, about 2cm apart
Add generous amounts of the paste in the incisions using your fingers
Rub the skin of the pork with the remaining mixture
Add 250ml boiling water in the bottom of an ovenproof dish
Place the pork in the dish and cover with a lid or loosely tented tin foil
Place the covered pork leg in the oven at 140 degrees Celsius for 3 hours
Remove from the oven and allow to cool
Pull the skin off the roast
Cut the skin in strips and put in a separate dish
Cut a square pattern (score) in the fat layer of the roast, be careful not to cut into the meat
Mix the honey and mustard and brush the leg of pork with generous amounts of the mixture
Place the leg back into the oven, increasing the heat to 180 degrees and cook for one hour
Salt the rind, drizzle with oil and place the skin strips back in the oven for a short time on a higher heat to make crackling.