At the restaurant, this dish is served with cilantro mashed potatoes. The pork has to marinate overnight, so begin preparing the recipe a day ahead.

Serves 6.

INGREDIENTS

  • 2tablespoons ground cumin
  • 2teaspoons salt
  • 2teaspoons ground black pepper
  • 2teaspoons chili powder
  • 1/2cup (packed) plus 1 tablespoon golden brown sugar
  • 13-pound boneless center-cut pork rib roast3cups ruby port
  • 1/4cup chopped shallots
  • 1 3/4cups beef stock or canned beef broth
  • 1 3/4cups chicken stock or canned low-salt chicken broth
  • 1fresh thyme sprig
  • 3tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieceschipotle-glazed apples

    DIRECTIONS

    Mix first 4 ingredients and 1/2 cup brown sugar in small bowl. Rub spice mixture over pork. Place in large glass baking dish. Cover and refrigerate overnight.


    Preheat oven to 375°F. Transfer pork to large roasting pan. Reserve juices in glass dish. Roast pork until thermometer inserted into center registers 155°F., about 1 hour 45 minutes, basting with reserved juices from glass dish every 30 minutes.


    Meanwhile, combine Port, shallots and remaining 1 tablespoon brown sugar in heavy medium saucepan. Boil until syrupy, about 25 minutes. Add both stocks and thyme. Boil until reduced to 1 1/4 cups, about 30 minutes. Strain sauce. Return to saucepan. Mix any pan drippings from pork into sauce (do not scrape roasting pan). Add butter; whisk until melted. Season with salt and pepper.


    Cut pork into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Divide among 6 plates. Spoon Chipotle-glazed apples alongside, dividing equally. Spoon sauce over and around pork.