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Pork Cottage Roll in Instant Pot

Canadian pork brined cottage roll in the Instant Pot is Super easy and tasty
Course Main Course
Cuisine Canadian
Keyword pork
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings 6

Equipment

  • Instant Pot

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Pork Cottage Roll (your size may vary so adjust accordingly)
  • 1 onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 4 cups water (you may need more or less water)
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tbsp peppercorn
  • 1 tbsp pickling spices (optional) not required

Roast Vegetables

  • 5 potatoes
  • 3 carrots
  • 2 onions
  • 1 cabbage

Finishing Glaze

  • 3 tbsp yellow mustard
  • 3 tbsp brown sugar

Instructions

  • Remove the Plastic from the Cottage roll but leave the netting on the roll. Place in your Instant pot on the metal holder.
  • Add the water to the Instant Pot. You want the meat just almost covered. Add more/ less water depending on the size of your Instant Pot and the size of your cottatge roll.
  • Add the whole garlic cloves, 1 large chopped onion, bay leaves, peppercorns, or use the all-in-one optional pickling spices if you are using them (I usually don't)
  • Set the Instant Pot Main Pressure Cook for 30mins per lbs - 1hr for 2 lbs 1hr 30mins for 3 lbs. The Internal Temperature needs to be at least 160F. Allow your Instant Pot to Natural Release when the time is up.
  • Remove pork from Instant Pot. Save liquid to make soup.
  • You can eat as is or you can make an optional glaze and finish in the oven with some vegetables
  • You have several choices for vegetable preparation. While the Cottage Roll is cooking prepare the vegetables. Clean, and cut your carrots, onion, potatoes, and cabbage. You want large chunky vegetables.
  • Option 1 - Remove some of the liquid in the instant pot. Save it for soup. Add the large chunky vegetables. Set Instant Pot timer for 6 minutes. Use quick release.
    It takes a while to get all the liquid under pressure. This will make a boiled vegetable option.
  • Option 2 - Place chopped carrots, onions, potatoes, cabbage into the bottom of a roasting pan.
    This takes a while but offers roasted vegetables.
  • Set oven to 425.
  • Mix ingredients of glaze. An additional option is to just brush some dijon or regular mustard on top, or nothing at all.
  • Cut the netting off the cottage roll. If you are not roasting vegetables add a teaspoon of olive oil to the bottom of the pan so it won't stick.
  • Place pork on top of vegetables and coat with glaze.
  • Bake in the oven for at least 20-45 minutes until the vegetables are tender and the glaze is set.
    This makes the cottage roll less mushy and has more of a crunch to it. Those crispy pork bits are the best!
  • Remove, slice and enjoy!