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Vepřove, Knĕdlik a Zeli (Roasted Pork, Dumpling and Cabbage)

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 3 to 4 pound pork roast
  • Salt, pepper and caraway seeds to taste

Directions

  1. Take the pork roast and season it with salt, pepper and caraway seeds to taste. Wrap it in foil, and cook for about 2 hours in 400-430 F oven.
  2. Prepare the dumplings and cabbage.
  3. Unwrap the roast from the foil, prick the fatty portions of the meat. Roast the roast for 30 minutes or until golden brown, rotating it every five minutes.The finished meat should be very tender and juicy.
  4. From the remaining juices scoop up the fat, add water and cook for 5 minutes to make a sauce to serve over the meat and dumplings.
  5. Cut the meat, serve with cabbage, red cabbage or sauerkraut and dumplings, topped with sauce.