Featured Recipe Cuban Pork With Pineapple

CARIBBEAN PORK WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Season pork with salt.
• Combine lime Juice, 2 teaspoons TABASCO Habanero Sauce and oregano, and drizzle over pork, toss until well mixed.
• Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, add pork and cook until lightly browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Transfer pork to a shallow baking dish.
• Add onion to skillet with drippings and place over medium heat, cook 5 minutes or until onion is tender.
• Add garlic and cook 30 seconds.
• Stir in tomatoes, broth, raisins, lime rind and remaining 1 teaspoon TABASCO Habanero Sauce and cook 5 minutes longer, then pour over pork.
• Cover pork and bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine pineapple and rum in a small saucepan over medium-high heat and cook 5 minutes or until liquid is reduced by half.
• Spoon pineapple over top of pork and bake, uncovered, 5 minutes longer.

CUBAN PORK WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• 1. In a 1-cup glass measure, whisk pineapple juice, soy sauce, brown sugar, oil, ginger, allspice, chile flakes, and dry mustard to blend. Trim fat on pork chops to 1/4 inch; rinse pork and pat dry. Place chops in a 1-gallon zip-lock plastic bag and add all but 1/4 cup juice mixture. Seal bag and turn to coat. Let stand, turning bag occasionally, at least 20 minutes, or chill up to 1 day . 2. Meanwhile, cut pineapple into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Peel onion and cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices, discarding ends. Place both in a rimmed dish and drizzle evenly with remaining juice mixture. Let stand about 20 minutes, turning slices once. 3. Lay chops (discard marinade), pineapple, and onion on an oiled grill over a solid bed of hot coals or high heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level only 2 to 3 seconds); close lid on gas grill. Cook, turning once, until pineapple and onion are browned, 5 to 6 minutes total, and pork is browned on the outside and no longer pink in the center (cut to test), 5 to 7 minutes total. 4. Transfer chops to plates. Garnish with grilled pineapple and onion. Sprinkle with mint; offer lime wedges to squeeze over pork.

FEATURED RECIPE: CUBAN PORK WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• 1. In a 1-cup glass measure, whisk pineapple juice, soy sauce, brown sugar, oil, ginger, allspice, chile flakes, and dry mustard to blend. Trim fat on pork chops to 1/4 inch; rinse pork and pat dry. Place chops in a 1-gallon zip-lock plastic bag and add all but 1/4 cup juice mixture. Seal bag and turn to coat. Let stand, turning bag occasionally, at least 20 minutes, or chill up to 1 day . 2. Meanwhile, cut pineapple into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Peel onion and cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices, discarding ends. Place both in a rimmed dish and drizzle evenly with remaining juice mixture. Let stand about 20 minutes, turning slices once. 3. Lay chops (discard marinade), pineapple, and onion on an oiled grill over a solid bed of hot coals or high heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level only 2 to 3 seconds); close lid on gas grill. Cook, turning once, until pineapple and onion are browned, 5 to 6 minutes total, and pork is browned on the outside and no longer pink in the center (cut to test), 5 to 7 minutes total. 4. Transfer chops to plates. Garnish with grilled pineapple and onion. Sprinkle with mint; offer lime wedges to squeeze over pork.

ROAST PORK WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Drain pineapple and reserve ¾ cup juice.
• In medium bowl, stir together corn syrup, reserved pineapple juice, soy sauce, green onion, ginger, garlic and mustard.
• Add pork and turn to coat well.
• Cover and refrigerate at least 6 hours or overnight, turning occasionally.
• Drain and reserve marinade.
• Place pork on rack in foil-lined roasting pan.
• Roast in 375 degrees oven, brushing frequently with reserved marinade about 1-½ hours or until temperature in meat thermometer reaches 170 degrees.
• PINEAPPLE SAUCE: In small saucepan, bring 1 cup reserved marinade to boil.
• In small bowl, stir together 1 tbsp cornstarch and 2 tbsp water until smooth and stir into marinade.
• Stirring, bring to boil over medium heat and boil 1 minute.
• Add 4 pineapple slices and heat until pineapple is hot and glazed.
• Arrange remaining pineapple slices on a platter.
• Place pork roast on pineapple and pour pineapple sauce over pork.
• Serve warm.