Instant Pot Apple Cherry Pork Loin

This dish comes together quickly. The chutney can be made while the meat, simply seasoned, cooks in your Instant Pot. The resulting tart-sweet condiment is absolutely fantastic and could be easily paired with chicken as well as pork or served with goat cheese as a bruschetta. Out of necessity, I also substituted chipotle chiles in adobo sauce for the chilli sauce in the original recipe. Another variation might be to add finely chopped fresh rosemary and garlic to the oil that is rubbed into the meat.

The leftovers are just as good served cold as they were hot! All in all, this is a very elegant dish that required minimum effort.

Ingredients

1 ⅓ pounds quarter Boneless Pork Loin
½ cups Apple Juice
⅛ teaspoons Salt
⅛ teaspoons Black Pepper
⅓ cups dice Onion
⅓ cups dice Celery

For the Chutney:

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup diced sweet onion
1 1/2 cups peeled and diced Granny Smith apples
3/4 cup cherry preserves
1/2 cup dried sweetened cherries or cranberries
2 tablespoons chopped chile chipotle in adobo sauce
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.

**Due to the nature of pressure cooking there is always room for inconsistency. The times given here are based on 4 servings fresh. If you are using more servings you may need to increase your cooking time.**
Place pork, apple juice, water, salt and pepper in inner pot.
Lock lid into place and seal steam nozzle.
Cook on meat/stew setting and push the time adjust button once for a total of 30 minutes.
Natural release for 5 minutes then quick release any remaining pressure.
If you wanted, you could cook the chutney with the meat at this point. Just follow the recipe below and cook on manual for 3 minutes with quick release.

For the Chutney:

Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat.
Add 1/2 cup diced onion, and sauté 3 minutes or until tender.
Reduce heat to medium, and stir in diced apples, cherry preserves, dried cherries or cranberries, chile chipotle, and Worcestershire sauce.
Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes or until apples are slightly softened.

Let meat set for 10 minutes before slicing and serve with the chutney! Enjoy.