Pork Loin Part 1: Spicy Blackberry Honey Sauce over Pork Loin

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I didn’t intend on this being a 3 part series. But here I am, updating this to be the first of 3 pork loin recipes. Stay tuned for more!

In my last blog entry I tried out the new recipe format. I really like it! Only one problem. I don’t always use measurements. The sauce I make in this post: no measurements. I just added a little of this and a little of that. Sometimes I will use the recipe card format, sometimes I won’t. Sometimes it just will not have measurements on the ingredients. It’s my blog, I can do what I want.

But, did you like that format? I am cool either way. Just trying to improve readability. I am new to this kind of thing. I had no idea there were so many “plug-ins” for blogs out there. It’s actually kind of fascinating! Up until a month ago, I didn’t even know what a website plug in was. If you don’t know, don’t ask me, as google. She is better at explaining.

A few nights ago, I was trying to decide what to make. I ultimately decided on a pork loin. I make those fairly often, at least once a month, usually more. For this one, I really wanted to make a sauce to accompany the meat. I knew I was going to make broccoli with it. I have been craving and eating a ton of broccoli lately. I also knew my guys needed more carbs than that, so I planned on mashed potatoes.

But about that sauce. I wasn’t sure what to do. I thought about buying something, then decided to instead look at what I already had. In the fridge I had some leftover blackberries to use up. That was the start and off I went with my little experiment. I contemplated using BBQ with the blackberries. I didn’t have any, instead i used the basic ingredients for BBQ sauce and jazzed it up. I basically just started tossing in ingredients and tasting until it was right.

Turns out, it was delicious! I taste a lot as I go. When it was almost perfect, and I thought to myself “It’s missing something”. And it was. The meat. It didn’t taste perfect until I tried a little bite of pork dipped into it. And then…it was just right. It just needed that pairing.

I was a little surprised my husband liked it so much. I used heat/spice to balance out the sweet, but I wasn’t sure it was enough heat for him. It was. He LOVED it!