Balsamic Maple Glazed Food

BALSAMIC MAPLE GLAZE SALMON

Steps:

• Combine grapefruit (orange) juice, maple syrup, balsamic vinegar and garlic in a saucepan over medium high heat.
• Bring to a boil and cook 5-6 minutes.
• Stir in oil.
• Season salmon with salt and pepper to taste.
• Brush generously with glaze and grill or broil 10 minutes, occasionally brushing with glaze.

MAPLE GLAZED PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• PREPARE TENDERLOIN: If necessary, remove any silver skin left on the tenderloin (stringy white silvery connective tissue) with a small sharp knife. To prepare for grilling, rub with oil and sprinkle with salt, pepper and rosemary (or thyme if you prefer). Note 1 to brine
• HEAT GRILL to medium high - about 400F/204C.
• PREPARE GLAZE: In a microwavable small bowl or measuring cup, add all glaze ingredients and stir. Microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir again.
• GRILL TENDERLOIN: (see Note 2 to roast instead). Grill tenderloin about 4-5 minutes, turn, then baste with glaze mixture. Cook several more minutes, then turn and baste the other side with glaze. You will use about 1/2 the glaze. Cook for about 8-13 minutes in total or until instant read thermometer indicates 140F/60C for medium with a little pink center (or 145F/62.8C for little to no pink). Both temps will rise by 5 degrees with resting. Cover loosely with aluminum foil and let meat rest for 10 minutes.
• SLICE AND SERVE: Transfer pork to a cutting board and slice pork, drizzle with remaining glaze, (that has been warmed in microwave), and serve with apple sauce or your favorite sides.

COLD SMOKED MAPLE-BALSAMIC GLAZED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Remove the wood chips from the water and spread evenly in the bottom of a roasting pan. Cover the top tightly with aluminum foil. Put in the oven until the chips get hot and begin to smoke, about 15 minutes.
• Remove the pan from the oven and remove the foil from the pan. Put a baking rack inside the pan and arrange the chops on top of the rack, leaving a few inches of space between each one. Quickly cover with the foil again and let sit on your kitchen counter for 10 to 15 minutes.
• While the pork chops are smoking, put the vinegar in a small pan over high heat and cook until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and whisk in the maple syrup, allspice, and salt and pepper, to taste. Let cool slightly.
• Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Brush the ridges with some of the canola oil. Brush the chops on both sides with some of the glaze and season with salt and pepper. Grill on both sides, brushing with more of the glaze, until golden brown and slightly charred and cooked to medium doneness, about 7 minutes per side. Remove from the grill, loosely tent and let rest for 5 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter and serve.

MAPLE BALSAMIC GLAZED SALMON

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine maple syrup, vinegar, lemon juice, mustard, shallot, salt and pepper.
• Heat maple syrup mixture to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered, about 5 minutes, or until syrupy. Remove from heat ; stir in rosemary.
• Preheat broiler. Place fish on the greased unheated rack of a broiler pan and brush with half of the glaze. Broil 6-7 inches from heat for 5 minutes. Turn fish over; brush with remaining glaze. Broil for 3 to 5 minutes more, or until fish begins to flake when tested with fork.

MAPLE BALSAMIC DRESSING

Steps:

• In a blender, combine vinegar and syrup. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream. Yield: 1 cup., For pork chops: Pour 2/3 cup dressing into a large resealable plastic bag; add pork. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Cover and refrigerate remaining dressing., Drain and discard marinade. Grill pork chops, covered, over medium heat for 6-7 minutes on each side or until juices run clear, brushing with 3 tablespoons reserved dressing during the last 5 minutes. Drizzle remaining dressing over chops before serving. Yield: 4 servings., For salad: In a large bowl, toss greens with dressing. Serve immediately. Yield: 8 servings., For strawberries: In a large bowl, toss berries with dressing. Chill until serving.

MAPLE-GLAZED BALSAMIC CARROTS

Steps:

• In a skillet add the carrots, broth, maple syrup, butter, salt and pepper.
• Over medium-high heat, bring the mixture to a boil.
• Cover and cook 3 minutes; cook for 5 minutes if you want a soft, candied-style carrot.
• Increase the heat to high; uncover the skillet and cook 5-6 minutes, stirring frequently, or until the carrots are just tender and the liquid has been reduced to 2 tablespoons.
• Add in the vinegar and stir/sauté 1-2 minutes or until the liquid is reduced to a glaze.
• Serve while hot.

BALSAMIC, ORANGE, HONEY, MAPLE SYRUP GLAZED DUCK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 190c.
• Mix all the ingredients (except the duck!) together in a small saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Reserve 1/4 of the glaze.
• Sit the duck on a rack over a baking dish, baste and place in oven.
• Baste the duck every 10 minutes throughout the cooking process with remaining 3/4 of glaze.
• A 2kg duck should take about 1 hour 15 minutes to cook, but give one of his legs a pull, and if it moves freely and any juices run clear, your duck will be cooked.
• Place on a serving platter brush with reserved glaze and serve.
• Pass any remaining reserved glaze to be spooned over carved duck.

BALSAMIC-MAPLE GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325ºF.
• Mix dressing, syrup and mustard. Place ham, fat-side up, in roasting pan. Diagonally score ham; cover with foil. Bake 1 hour.
• Remove foil. Brush ham with 1/3 of the glaze. Bake, uncovered, 1 hour or until heated through (140ºF), brushing with remaining glaze every 20 min. Meanwhile, toss parsnips and carrots with oil in large shallow pan. Add to oven with ham the last 45 min. of the ham baking time, turning vegetables every time ham is brushed with glaze.
• Remove ham from oven; transfer to cutting board. Tent with foil; let stand 15 min. Meanwhile, increase oven temperature to 425ºF. Continue to roast vegetables 15 min., turning every 5 min. Serve with ham.