Pomegranate Glazed Pork Recipes

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH POMEGRANATE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450.
• Combine juice and sugar in a med saucepan over med heat, and bring to a boil. Cook til reduced to 1/2 c, about 8 minute Pour half of glaze into a small bowl and set aside.
• Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Place pork on the rack of a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Brush pork with half of the glaze in the saucepan. Bake at 450 for 15 min or til it registers 145 degrees. Baste pork with remaining glaze in saucepan; cook an additional 5-7 min or til it registers 155 degrees.
• Remove pork from oven; baste with half the glaze in the bowl. Let pork stand 10 minute Cut pork across grain into thin slices. Serve with remaining glaze in bowl.

ROASTED PORK SHOULDER WITH POMEGRANATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Season the pork roast with garlic, kosher salt and pepper. Place in a roasting pan.
• Bake the roast for 1hour in the preheated oven. While the roast is baking, combine the pomegranate seeds and water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes, until the pomegranate seeds have broken down and released their juices. Press through a strainer to get as much juice as possible. You should have about 3/4 cup of juice.
• Pour the juice from the pomegranate into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat until reduced by half. Remove from the heat and mix in the balsamic vinegar, sugar and cinnamon.
• After the roast has been in the oven for 1 hour, start to baste it with the pomegranate sauce, using a brush to apply to the top and sides. Continue to roast the pork until the internal temperature has reached 180 degrees F (80 degrees C). Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 20 minutes before carving and serving.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH POMEGRANATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir together cumin, coriander, pepper, cinnamon, and salt in a shallow bowl. Pat tenderloins dry and dredge in spice mixture until evenly coated.
• Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking. Reduce heat to moderate and cook pork, turning occasionally, until meat is browned on all sides and thermometer inserted diagonally into center of each tenderloin registers 145°F, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer pork with tongs to a cutting board (reserve skillet) and let stand 10 minutes.
• While pork stands, pour off and discard any fat from skillet, then add pomegranate juice to skillet and boil over moderately high heat until reduced to about 2/3 cup, about 3 minutes (if side of skillet begins to scorch, reduce heat to moderate). Stir together cornstarch and water and whisk into juice, then boil sauce until thickened slightly, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add Sherry vinegar to taste, then swirl in butter until incorporated. Pour sauce through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl and skim off any fat. Season with salt. Slice pork and serve with sauce.

POMEGRANATE BALSAMIC PORK ROAST

Steps:

• In a wide skillet, cook bacon in olive oil until crisp, crumble bacon and set aside.
• Salt and pepper pork loin to taste, and brown on all sides.
• Place potatoes in bottom of crock pot, place pork loin on top.
• Cook leeks, carrots, and celery in remaining bacon fat and olive oil, add to crock pot.
• Deglaze pan with stock and 1 cup pomegranate juice, bring to a boil, and add to crock pot.
• Sprinkle herbs and bacon on top of pork loins, cook on low about 6 hours.
• Remove pork loins and potatoes from crock pot, set aside and keep warm.
• Move 2 cups of cooking liquid to a wide skillet, add remaining pomegranate juice, balsamic vinegar, and marmalade. Reduce liquid to about 1 cup.
• Slice pork loin, drizzle with pan sauce, serve with potatoes and maybe a nice spinach salad. Enjoy!

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH POMEGRANATE GLAZE

Steps:

• Stir together cinnamon, salt, coriander, cumin and pepper in a shallow bowl. Pat tenderloins dry and dredge in spice mixture until evenly coated.
• Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Reduce heat to medium and cook pork, turning occasionally, until meat is browned on all sides and an instant-read thermometer inserted diagonally into center of each tenderloin registers 145 degrees F, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer pork with tongs to a cutting board and let stand 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, pour off and discard any fat from skillet, then add pomegranate juice and boil over medium-high heat until reduced to about 2/3 cup, about 3 minutes (if side of skillet begins to scorch, reduce heat to medium). Stir together cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water and whisk into juice, then boil sauce until thickened slightly, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add vinegar to taste. Swirl in butter until incorporated. Pour sauce through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl and skim off any fat. Season with salt. Slice pork and serve with sauce.

PORK CHOP WITH POMEGRANATE GLAZE

Steps:

• In small bowl stir together salt, cinnamon and pepper. Rub on both sides of pork chop.
• In small nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray cook pork chops over medium heat for 7 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned and nearly done, turning once. Remove from skillet. Keep warm.
• In same skillet combine pomegranate juice and sugar. Bring to boiling. Boil, uncovered, for 2 to 3 minutes or until mixture is reduced to half. Return pork chop to skillet. Cook, uncovered, about 1 minute more or until sauce thickens slightly and pork chop is done. Transfer to serving plate. Sprinkle with onions.
• MAKE IT A MEAL:.
• -1 cup broccoli florets and 1/4 cup chopped or slivered red bell peppers steamed together.
• -8 ounces roasted new red potatoes.
• -1 cup raspberries with 1/2 cup vanilla frozen yogurt.
• -Sparkling water with lime wedge.
• (Total Calories: 459).

PORK TENDERLOIN FILET WITH POMEGRANATE MOLASSES

Steps:

• Marinade: Put all ingredients in a blender and pulse a couple of times.
• Reserve 2 tablespoons for the sauce.
• Place the pork fillet in the marinade and leave for about 4 hours.
• To prepare pork: Preheat the oven to 400c.
• Season the pork well with salt and pepper.
• Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan on medium heat and sear the pork all over.
• Place it in the oven 6-7 minutes or until cooked to your likeing.
• The pork should be just cooked through and a little pink still.
• Remove the pork and allow to rest.
• Deglaze the pan with the orange juice.
• Bring it to the boil and reduce by half, add the chicken broth, bring to the boil, and reduce it all by half.
• Whisk in the reserved marinade, butter and the tablespoon of pomegranate molasses.
• Sice the pork into diagonals 1cm thick, and serve with the sauce spooned over.

POMEGRANATE GLAZED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat.
• Add pork chops and brown well on both sides.
• Add pomegranate juice, orange juice and zest, garlic, rosemary, and brown sugar to skillet and stir to combine.
• Lower heat to medium and allow pork chops to simmer until the sauce has reduced and thickened and the pork chops are cooked throughly (160-170*F) This should take no longer than 30 minutes.
• Serve pork chops immediately with a drizzle of sauce.

SLOW COOKER HEAVEN: POMEGRANATE PORK ROAST

Steps:

• 1. PREP/PREPARE
• 2. Gather your ingredients.
• 3. Add the pomegranate juice to a small saucepan.
• 4. Chef's Note: Simmer until reduced by half, about 15 to 20 minutes.
• 5. Chef's Note: The saucepan that I am using is called a "reduction pan." The sides of a reduction pan slope outward, like an inverted pyramid, and this helps in evaporation.
• 6. While the pomegranate juice is reducing, coat the pork roast with the olive oil.
• 7. Generously sprinkle salt and pepper over the roast.
• 8. Place the roast in a skillet over medium-high heat.
• 9. Brown on all sides, about 2 minutes per side, and reserve.
• 10. After the pomegranate juice has reduced, add the honey, lemon juice, zest, garlic, and brown sugar, to the saucepan.
• 11. Stir to incorporate all the ingredients.
• 12. Pour the pomegranate sauce into the slow cooker, and then add the pork roast.
• 13. Cook on low for 4 to 6 hours (you can't burn it), until it is fork tender.
• 14. PLATE/PRESENT
• 15. Remove roast from slow cooker and allow the roast to rest for 10 minutes.
• 16. Slice into generous slices, drizzle with the sauce, and serve with your favorite sides. Enjoy.
• 17. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.