Pork Loin With Lemon And Sage Recipes

PORK LOIN WITH LEMON AND FRIED SAGE LEAVES

Steps:

• Put the pork loins in a shallow, nonreactive dish and pour on enough cider to cover them. Add the rosemary leaves, thyme, cinnamon stick, bay leaves and salt. Mix well and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 24 hours, turning the loins two or three times.
• Remove the pork loins from the cider brine and pat them dry with paper towels. Season them with salt and pepper and brown them on all sides on a preheated grill or in a heavy cast-iron pan or casserole on top of the stove.
• Heat the olive oil and sauté the onions and garlic in a heavy casserole big enough to hold the loins (if you browned the pork on top of the stove, you can use the same casserole. It must have a tight-fitting lid). Add the rosemary and white wine and bring to a boil, scraping up the cooking juices. Add the loins and lemon slices, cover and roast for about 20 minutes, turning frequently. If the liquid evaporates too quickly, add a little water. The pork is done when it reaches an internal temperature of 155 degrees. Remove the casserole from the oven and allow the pork to cool in the cooking juices.
• Meanwhile, fry the sage leaves a few at a time in the vegetable oil. Drain them on paper towels and sprinkle them with sea salt.
• Remove the pork loins from the cooking juices and cut them in thin slices. If necessary, boil down the cooking juices so they coat the back of a spoon, like a glaze. Arrange the pork on a serving platter and trickle the cooking juices in a line down the center of the slices. Garnish with the lemon slices. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and keep it in a cool place (not the refrigerator) if you are eating it within a few hours. Just before serving, season with salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle with the sage leaves.

ROAST LOIN OF PORK WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Chop the garlic and half the sage and insert it in the center of the pork. Squeeze a half lemon over the pork and season the meat with salt and pepper.
• Heat the olive oil in a heavy casserole or Dutch oven just large enough to hold the loin. Brown the loin on all sides and drain off the fat.
• Arrange the onion over the bottom of the pan and sprinkle with remaining sage leaves and thyme sprigs. Put the loin on top and add the chicken stock and wine. Cover and cook for an hour. Uncover, turn the oven up to 375 degrees, and let the meat brown for 20 to 30 minutes. Test to see if the meat is done. (It is cooked when an internal temperature of 155 degrees on a meat thermometer is registered.)
• Remove the pork loin to a serving dish and keep it warm. (You can put it back in the oven, leaving the door ajar.) Skim the fat from the cooking juices and reduce them until thick. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve in a warmed sauce boat. Decorate the pork with sprigs of sage and thyme and serve.

MILK-BRAISED PORK WITH LEMON AND SAGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250°F.
• Heat oil in a large Dutch oven or heavy pot over medium-high until shimmering. Season pork all over with salt and pepper and cook, turning occasionally, until browned on all sides, 12-15 minutes. Pour off excess fat from pot. Add sage, lemon peel, and milk. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low. Cover pot and transfer to oven. Roast pork until very tender, 3 1/2-4 hours.
• Transfer meat to a serving platter. Discard lemon peel, then gently toss Swiss chard in remaining sauce in pot until wilted. Using tongs, transfer Swiss chard to platter alongside pork. Top both with remaining sauce and serve.

PORK WITH LEMON AND SAGE (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Rinse pork and pat dry.
• In a small bowl or cup mix together flour salt and pepper and then sprinkle mixture over pork.
• In a large skillet over medium high heat brown pork in oil, turning to brown well. (15 minutes). Transfer pork and juices to crock pot.
• Add garlic and sage to skillet and cook, stirring over medium low heat until garlic turns color (1 minute) and then add mixture and the milk and lemon peel to crock pot.
• Cover and cook on high for 7-8 hours (or when pork is tender and sauce is golden brown and reduced by half). During the last three hours uncover the crock pot so the sauce/gravy thicken.
• Transfer pork to board and slice. Serve with sauce .

BRAISED PORK LOIN WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Trim excess fat from pork.
• Tie with butchers string.
• Put 3 sage leaves on top and 3 on the bottom of roast under string.
• Rub the meat with salt & pepper.
• In a dutch oven, on med-high heat, melt butter and oil, when hot add the pork and sear quickly on all sides, 5 minutes or so. The sear is very important. Reduce heat to med-low and add garlic (whole) 1-2 minutes transfer meat and garlic to plate, pour off fat.
• Return meat to pan( with garlic) and bay leaf.
• Add 1/2 cup wine, vinegar, and 2 more sage leaves.
• Cover tightly, reduce to low, simmer for 2 hours turning 1/2 way through cooking, add more wine if needed.
• Let meat rest covered in foil.
• Meanwhile, discard bay,garlic,and sage from pan.
• Skim fat off (you need about 1 cup of liquid, add water if needed.
• Melt 1 tbsp butter into separate pan add flour and cook 1-2 minutes add pan juices whisking constantly until thick and smooth.
• Arrange meat on platter, spoon sauce over top and garnish with sage leaves.