Miners Pork Tenderloin Lombo à Mineira Recipes

PORK TENDERLOIN ROAST (LOMBO à PAULISTA)

Steps:

• Wash tenderloin and dry with paper towel. Pierce several places with a fork and place in a baking dish. In a blender, mix the onion, salt, garlic, and lemon juice. Add bay leaf, pour over tenderloin and let marinate about 4 hours, turning occasionally. Laying the bacon strips evenly spaced on top of the roast. Place in 375 degree oven for 15 minutes. Turn down heat and continue baking at 325 degrees oven for about an hour and a half or until well browned and tender. Baste often. If tenderloin browns too quickly, cover with tinfoil to finish cooking. Remove from oven. Let rest a few minutes and slice. Arrange on a platter, garnish with lemon slices. Serve with Farofa.

MINER'S PORK TENDERLOIN (LOMBO à MINEIRA)

Steps:

• Make as described for Lombo à paulista, but serve with sauce.

MARINATED PORK LOIN WITH SWEET RED PEPPERS (LOMBO DE PORCO COM P

Steps:

• With a mortar and pestle of the back of a large heavy spoon mash the garlic, salt and pepper together to a smooth paste. Lightly spread the pork slices with the paste, place them in a bowl and toss with a spoon. Cover tightly and marinate in the refrigerator for 6 hours, turning the pork about in the bowl from time to time.
• In a heavy 10-12-inch skillet, melt the lard (or heat olive oil) over high heat. Brown the pok in the hot fat (in 2-3 batches if necessary), turning the slices with tongs and regulating the heat so taht the slices colour quickly and evenly on both sides without burning. As they brown, transfer them to a plate.
• Add the sweet red peppers to the fat remaining in the pan and, stirring frequently, cook them for about 5 minutes, or until they are well coated with the fat but not brown. Transfer the pepper to the plate with the meat.
• Pour off all but a thing film of fat from the skillet and add the wine and stock. Bring to a boil over high heat, scrapping from the pan any brown particles.
• Return pork and sweet peppers to the skillet, cover tightly, and reduce the heat to low. Simmer for about 20-25 minutes, or until pork is tender and shown no resistence when pierced with a small sharp knife.
• With a slotted spoon, transfer pork and peppers to a deep heated platter. Bring remaining liquid to a boil over high heat, stirring constantely until lightly thickened.
• Taste for seasoning, then pour sauce over the meat. Serve garnished with lemon wedges.

LOMBO DI MAIALE COI PORRI (PAN-ROASTED PORK LOIN WITH LEEKS)

Steps:

• Remove roots and tough upper leaves from leeks and cut each leek in half lengthwise.
• Cut each half crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices (you should have about 6 cups), soak in cold water to loosen dirt.
• Combine leeks, 1/2 cup water, 1 teaspoon butter, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a large Dutch oven or deep sauté pan over medium-high heat.
• Cook for 10 minutes or until leek wilts, pour the leek mixture into a bowl.
• Heat remaining 2 teaspoons butter in pan over medium-high heat.
• Add pork to pan.
• Cook 5 minutes, turning to brown on all sides.
• Add remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and wine to pan; cook 15 seconds, scraping pan to loosen browned bits.
• Return leek mixture to pan.
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 2 hours or until pork is tender.
• Remove pork from pan and increase heat to reduce leek sauce if too watery.
• Cut pork into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• Serve with leek mixture.
• Garnish with parsley, if desired.
• *6 servings (serving size: about 3 ounces pork and about 2 1/2 tablespoons leek mixture).

PORTUGUESE PORK TENDERLOIN (LOMBO à PORTUGUESA)

Steps:

• Conserving one chopped onion and the chopped tomatoes combine remaining ingredients. Marinate the pork tenderloin for 24-48 hours. Turn frequently while marinating. Heat heavy pan and add 3 tablespoons cooking oil. Fry the pork tenderloin, turning so it will brown on all sides. When well browned, add the sauce it has been marinating it and cover and let simmer over low heat. When the sauce is dry the meat should be well done, but you can check with a meat thermometer. If the meat is not done, add a little water. When the meat is tender and the water is dry, remove the meat. Remove excess fat. Add 1 chopped onion and 2 chopped tomatoes and fry adding drops of water. Makes a good sauce. Use the excess fat that you removed from the roast to make Farofa III (see Accompaniments chapter). Serve with Farofa surrounding the sliced roast and garnish with lemon slices.