brown sugar and balsamic glazed pork roast (gf, df)
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Brown Sugar Balsamic Pork Roast – A delicious, slow-cooked savory-sweet pork roast that will make your day (and your dinner).
Well, let’s just get this out of the way: this is not a Meatless Monday post.
While we’re clearing things up, let me also add the following: this is delicious.
My family didn’t really eat a lot of roasts growing up, so I don’t come from a long and lustrous line of roast recipes. I entered marriage with a pretty well-laid foundation of cooking knowledge and favorite recipes, but woefully lacking in the meat department. Michael, bless him, is very understanding as I’ve learned and practiced techniques (like cooking steak for the first time and loooving it), and we’ve come to a good balance.
When it’s his birthday, or Father’s Day, or a celebration of some sort, I do always try to throw a something extra- meaty his way. This year’s birthday meal was brown sugar and balsamic glazed pork roast. It was delicious, and tender, and flavorful. And we enjoyed the leftovers for about three days.
Paired with some roasted sweet potatoes, green beans, and a salad, you’ve got yourself one fine meal.
PrintBrown Sugar and Balsamic Glazed Pork Roast
- Yield: 6-8 1x
Ingredients
For the pork roast:
- 1 (2-3lb) pork loin roast
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/2c water
For the glaze:
- 1/2c brown sugar
- 1/2c water
- 1/4c balsamic vinegar
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce*
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
For the roast:
- Place roast in a slow cooker. Rub with salt, thyme, garlic powder, and pepper. Add 1/2c water around the edges (so you don’t pour off the rub you just put on the pork). Cook on low 6-8 hours, or until pull-apart tender. During the last 30 minutes or so of cooking, prepare glaze.
For the glaze:
- Combine brown sugar, water, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce (or tamari, if using), and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Stir over medium heat until glaze thickens. Brush over roast 2-3 times during the last 30-minutes or so of the cook time. Serve with remaining glaze.
Notes
*for gluten free, use gluten free tamari, such as San-J brand.
Recipe adapted from C+C Marriage Factory
This sounds like a great recipe! Derek loves balsamic vinegar so I bet he’d love this!
Ohhhhhh, this looks and sounds so yummy!
Trying this on Thursday night!
Yum! I love throwing things in my slow cooker…and I especially love one that would make a great Sunday dinner! I will have to add this to my rotation – maybe for Mother’s Day since it would require only a little work on my part. And as a side note, my birthday is in 10 days and I am looking forward to making myself your awesome banana cream pie.
This was AMAZING! It was an easy meal to do for Mother’s Day. Also, everyone here loved the banana cream pie I made for my birthday/mother’s day treat. Thanks for the awesome recipes!
Cynthia – SO glad you loved it! Happy birthday/Mother’s Day!!!
I just bought a new crock pot and this was the first recipe I made in it! I also added extra brown sugar to make it just a bit sweeter, and it was delicious! Love this recipe!
Found this recipe while searching Pinterest, looking for a sweet glaze for the roast I was cooking. I am so glad I found it! It’s now the only way I make a pork roast. In fact, I have one in the crock right now, just waiting for it’s glaze 🙂 Thank you so much for the awesome recipe!
Wondering how this would transpose into a pressure cooker? Any help would be appreciated!
Easy and delicious. Wouldn’t change a thing. Definitely will be making regularly!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Sounds great. I put in 8 ounces of Concentrated Orange juice in the slow cooker and browned the roast to help seal in the juices. Then I went a bit Rambo and started sprinkling a bit of everything else on the roast: onion chops, garlic salt, chili powder, lemon pepper, etc.
Made this tonight. It was very good. My family enjoyed it. Had a slightly Asian flavor. The only thing I did different was adding an additional tsp of corn starch as it did not thicken enough with just 1 tbsp. I will make it again.
This was AWESOME!!! Made the recipe exactly as is and it was a success. The sauce could be put on a shoe and it would be be delicious! I’ll definitely make this again and again. I served it with roasted potatoes and tomatoes.
Best review ever! I’m so glad you liked it! It’s one of our favorites.
This roast is really good. I pressure cooked for 90 minutes, slow release then put potatoes and carrots around the roast, topped all with prepared sauce, quick release.
Ooh! Thank you for the pressure cooker directions!
Did you try it in the electric pressure cooker XL?
This recipe was amazing! I rubbed all the spices on the pork and seared it on high heat before putting it in the crock pot. I also added some dried onion to crock pot and a T of fresh thyme because I had it in my garden. It was so juicy and even my 6 year old ate with no complaints. I might just double the sauce next time so there’s more to serve with the leftovers.
Yum! Totally trying the dried onion trick next time!
Made this today, and it was a big hit! Thank you for the great recipe!
Made this today and it was AMAZING!! Was short on time so cooked in crock pot on high for 3 hrs and was PERFECT. SO JUICY. I added 1 cup of the drippings to the remaining glaze and made an awesome gravy. Will definitely be adding this to my menu regularly. Thank you so much.
Oh, I’m so glad you enjoyed it Karen! You MADE MY DAY!