Roast Pork With Sweet Onion Rhubarb Sauce Recipes

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH SWEET ONION-RHUBARB SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Mix 1 teaspoons oil, coriander, 1/2 teaspoons salt and pepper in a small bowl. Rub the mixture into pork. Heat 1 TSP oil in a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the pork and cook, turning occasionally, until brown on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer the pan to the oven and roast the pork until and instant-read thermometer registers 145 Degrees F, 15 to 17 minutes. Let rest 5 minutes before slicing.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining 2 TSPS. oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion and the remaining 1/2 teaspoons salt; cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, 7 to 8 minutes. Add 2 TBSPS. water; continue cooking, stirring often, until the onion is soft, 5 to 7 minutes more, adding water a tablespoons at a time, if necessary to prevent burning. Stir in rhubarb, vinegar and brown sugar and cook, stirring often, until the rhubarb has broken down, about 5 minutes. Spoon the sauce over the sliced pork and sprinkle with chives.

DIJON-RUBBED PORK WITH RHUBARB SAUCE

Steps:

• Score the surface of the pork, making diamond shapes 1/4 in. deep. In a small bowl, combine the mustard, garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper; rub over pork. , Coat a roasting pan and rack with cooking spray; place pork on rack in pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour or until a thermometer reads 145°. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing., In a small saucepan, bring the sauce ingredients to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 8-12 minutes or until rhubarb is tender. Serve warm with pork.

PORK LOIN IN RHUBARB SAUCE

Steps:

• Place butter in a 5-quart casserole with a tight-fitting lid. Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent power in a high-power microwave oven for 2 minutes. Stir in onions. Cook, uncovered, for 4 minutes.
• Sprinkle roast with the salt and some pepper. Remove casserole from oven. Stir in rhubarb. Place the pork, fat side down, diagonally in the casserole, pushing the onion mixture around the roast. Cook, covered, for 10 minutes.
• Uncover and turn roast over. Re-cover and cook for 10 minutes. Uncover and turn roast again. Cook, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
• While roast is cooking, preheat broiler. Remove casserole from oven. Transfer pork to a small roasting pan, fat side up. Place under broiler until top browns, about 2 minutes.
• Let roast stand for 10 minutes. Remove strings. Cut in 1/4-inch thick slices. Stir several grinds of pepper into the sauce. Pour a generous 1/4-cup sauce onto each plate. Place two slices of pork over sauce and serve.

ROAST PORK WITH SPICED RHUBARB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Make small slits in the pork and insert slivers of garlic in the slits. Put an oven-proof casserole large enough to hold the pork roast over medium heat. When it is hot, put the pork in it and lightly brown the pork on all sides. Remove the roast from the casserole.
• Add the onion and ginger to the casserole and brown them lightly. Stir in one-half cup of the tea, scraping the bottom of the pan, then stir in the rhubarb, cardamom, pepper, cloves and honey. Season with a little salt.
• Return the pork to the casserole, cover and bake until the pork is medium-well done, with just a trace of pink in the center, about 45 minutes. It should register about 155 degrees on an instant-read thermometer.
• Remove the pork from the pan. It should rest for 10 to 15 minutes before carving. Put the pan on top of the stove and gently heat the rhubarb mixture. Taste for seasoning, adding salt to taste and a little more honey, if desired. If the rhubarb is not moist enough, stir in some additional tea.
• To serve, mound rhubarb in center of a platter. Slice pork and arrange slices, slightly overlapping, around the rhubarb. Serve at once.