Peppered Pork Loin With Beet And Leek Purée Recipes

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).

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH SAUTéED BEET GREENS AND ROASTED BEETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Loosely wrap beets in a 12-by-20-inch piece of parchment, then wrap packet in foil. Place on a rimmed baking sheet and cook until easily pierced with the tip of a sharp knife, 35 to 45 minutes. When cool enough to handle, rub off skins with paper towels. Reserve 1 beet; halve and slice remaining beets.
• Season pork all over with 2 teaspoons salt, dividing evenly, and pepper. Place on a rimmed baking sheet and roast until an instantread thermometer inserted in middle reaches 138°F, 14 to 16 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest 10 minutes before slicing thinly.
• Meanwhile, process the reserved whole beet with 1 tablespoon oil in a food processor until smooth. Pass through a fine sieve lined with cheesecloth into a small bowl (to yield 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon juice); discard solids. Add mustard, 2 teaspoons vinegar, and 2 tablespoons oil; whisk to combine.
• In a large skillet, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil over medium. Cook garlic, stirring, until fragrant and golden, about 1 minute. Add beet greens and 1 teaspoon salt; season with pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until greens are wilted and tender, 2 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat, and discard garlic. Add sliced beets and re maining 1 tablespoon vinegar, and toss to combine. Sprinkle with pine nuts.
• To serve, drizzle beet vinaigrette on each of four plates, dividing evenly, then top with pork and beet greens.
• Nutrition Information
• (Per Serving)
• Calories: 553
• Saturated Fat: 4.3g
• Unsaturated Fat: 18g
• Cholesterol: 111mg
• Carbohydrates: 43.2g
• Protein: 44.6g
• Sodium: 1208mg
• Fiber: 14.5g

ROASTED CARROTS AND BEETS WITH THE JUICIEST PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Carrots and beets are particularly good when roasted as it brings out their natural sugars. The best advice I can give you is about flavoring them. A few smashed garlic cloves, a woody herb like rosemary, thyme, sage or bay, and a splash of vinegar, or squeezed lemon or orange juice, can accentuate their natural flavor.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Put the carrots into a large pot and the beets into another, and add enough water to cover them. Season with salt and bring to a boil. Cook for 15 to 20 minutes until just tender, then drain and place in separate bowls. Peel the beets, and cut any larger carrots and beets in half or into quarters. Smaller ones can stay whole.
• Now add the flavorings while the vegetables are still hot. Toss the carrots with half the smashed garlic and a glug of olive oil, then lightly season. Add the orange juice and the thyme leaves and toss again. Mix the beets with the rest of the garlic, the rosemary, balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper. You can now put the vegetables either into separate ovenproof dishes, or together on a large roasting pan with the carrots in 1 half of the pan and the beets in the other. Place in the middle of the preheated oven and roast for around 1/2 hour or until golden.
• While the carrots and beets are cooking, lay the chops on a board and score through the skin and the streaky-looking part of the meat. This will give you lovely crackling.
• Firmly press a sage leaf onto the eye meat on both sides of each chop. Season with salt and pepper.
• When the vegetables start to color, heat a large ovenproof frying pan or small roasting pan on the burner, add a good glug of olive oil and put in the chops. As soon as you've got nice color on 1 side, turn the chops over and place the pan in the oven for 10 minutes, or until the chops are crisp on the outside and just cooked through and juicy in the middle. Remove the chops to a warmed plate. Pour most of the fat out of the pan and add a squeeze of lemon juice to it. Stir and scrape the lovely sticky bits off the bottom and drizzle all over the chops. Remove the carrots and beets from the oven - they should be nice and sticky by now. Serve them with the chops and a glass of wine.
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PEPPERED PORK LOIN WITH BEET AND LEEK PURéE

Steps:

• In a saucepan bring salted water to a boil for leeks.
• Trim and coarsely chop leeks. Wash leeks and drain in a colander. In saucepan of salted boiling water cook leeks until tender, about 4 minutes, and transfer with a slotted spoon to a blender, reserving cooking liquid.
• Trim beet stems to 1 inch if necessary and scrub beets. In a saucepan cover beets with salted water by 1 inch and simmer, covered, 35 to 45 minutes, or until tender. Reserve 1 1/2 cups cooking liquid. Drain beets in colander and cool just until they can be handled. Slip off beet skins and cut each beet into quarters.
• Add beets and reserved beet cooking liquid to leeks and purée with salt and pepper to taste. In cleaned pan heat purée, lemon juice, and vinegar over low heat, stirring and adding water if necessary to reach desired consistency, until hot. Keep sauce warm, covered.
• Preheat oven to 450° F. and lightly coat a non-stick skillet and a shallow baking pan with cooking spray.
• Pat pork dry and sprinkle 1 side with pepper and salt to taste. In skillet brown pork, seasoned side down first, over moderately high heat. Transfer pork, seasoned side up, to baking pan and roast in middle of oven 20 minutes, or until a meat thermometer registers 155° F.
• While pork is roasting, boil potatoes in reserved leek cooking liquid until tender, about 7 minutes, and drain.
• Let pork stand, covered with foil, 10 minutes and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• Quarter potatoes and serve with pork. Drizzle some sauce around pork and serve remainder on side.