Roast Leg of Pork with apple

Ingredients :
2kg de-boned leg of pork
1 clove of garlic, sliced
freshly chopped sage
salt
2 apples (Granny Smith, Pink Lady or any other tart apple)
30ml butter
30ml sugar
15ml cake flour
300ml apple cider

Method :
Preheat the oven to 220C.
Roll up the meat and secure with string.
Make 1 - 1.5cm incisions into the rind and press the garlic and sage into the incisions.
Rub salt all over the meat and place into a roasting tray.
Place the meat into the oven and roast for 10 to 15 minutes.
Reduce the oven temperature to 190C and roast for 20 minutes per 450g of meat.
Core the apples and cut into slices.
Melt the butter in a saucepan, adding the apple slices and cook until brown. Add the sugar halfway through the cooking process.
Arrange the apples around the meat in the baking tray, about 30 minutes before the end of the roasting period.

To make the sauce (gravy) :
After the meat has been roasted completely, place in a separate dish, together with the apples and keep warm.
Pour off the oil from the roasting pan and add the cider and flour.
Heat the pan until the liquid starts to boil, stirring until the liquid has reduced to about two thirds of the original volume or until the sauce has reached a rich-looking consistency.

recipe roast pork apple sauce