Calvados Sauce For Pork Food

CROWN ROAST OF PORK WITH CALVADOS SAUCE

Steps:

• Season roast on all side with salt and pepper. Place in large roasting pan with rack; allow to stand at room temperature for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Place large ball of foil in center of roast; adjust roast to form circle. Place apples around meat. Roast 1 hour, basting with pan juices every 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees; roast until instant read thermometer inserted into center of meat, away from bone, registers 140 degrees for medium, 15-30 minutes more. Transfer roast to carving board, tent with foil and let rest 15-20 minutes.
• Transfer apples to platter.
• Pour pan drippings into a bowl, skim off fat and reserve juices. Place roasting pan over medium heat; melt 1 tbsp butter. Add 1/2 cup finely diced shallots and 3 thyme sprigs; cook 3 minutes. Add 1/2 cup Calvados; stir to deglaze pan. Stir in reserved juices; chicken broth and veal demi-glace. Simmer 3-5 minutes. Whisk in cream; season with salt and pepper. Strain sauce into a sauceboat.
• Carve roast between bones; arrange alongside apples on platter. Pour some of sauce over meat; pass remaining sauce at table.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH CALVADOS SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat pork with coating mix as directed on package. Place in shallow roasting pan. Bake 30 minutes or until cooked through (165°F).
• Meanwhile, cook and stir apples, onions and mushrooms in butter in medium saucepan on medium heat until tender. Add broth and cream cheese; cook until cream cheese is completely melted, stirring frequently. Stir in brandy; cook until heated through.
• Cut pork into slices. Serve topped with the sauce.

PORK CHOPS WITH CALVADOS

Steps:

• Melt half the butter in a skillet. Add apples and sprinkle them with sugar. Cook over medium-low heat, turning occasionally, until tender and glazed. Keep warm.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet and saute chops until just cooked, turning once. Pour excess fat from skillet (keeping chops in skillet). Add the Calvados (or brandy) and flambe by lighting the skillet with a long match. Be very careful-keep lid handy to smother flames if needed. Cook until flames go out. Transfer chops to a plate and cover with foil and keep warm.
• Add remaining butter to skillet and cook shallots until soft but not brown. Add cider, stock and cream and bring just to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes, or until reduced enough to coat the back of a spoon.
• Season the sauce, add pork and juices and simmer for 3 minutes to heat through.
• Serve chops with sauce on top and the cooked apples on side. Garnish with sage leaves.

CALVADOS SAUCE

Steps:

• Put calvados, cider, and shallots in a saucepan.
• Bring to a rapid boil and simmer until volume is reduced by half.
• Strain out the shallots, return reduced liquid to pan.
• Bring to a boil and whisk in cream and butter just prior to serving.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH APPLES, CALVADOS AND APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• Place pork slices between plastic wrap. Using mallet, pound pork slices to 1/4-inch thickness. (Can be prepared 4 hours ahead. Cover tightly and refrigerate.)
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add apples and sugar to skillet and sauté until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Set aside.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in another heavy large skillet over high heat. Season pork with salt and pepper. Add pork to skillet and sauté until just cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to plate; keep warm.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in same skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and thyme and sauté 2 minutes. Add Calvados and boil until reduced to glaze, scraping up any browned bits. Stir in cream and cider; boil until mixture thickens to sauce consistency, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Reheat apples, if necessary. Arrange a few pork slices on each plate. Spoon sauce over. Top generously with sautéed apple slices and serve.

OSTRICH STEAKS WITH CALVADOS SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the ostrich steaks in the hot butter until the outside is just about to be crisp, shown by darkening patches as with a beef steak, about 2 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C) for rare. Remove the ostrich steaks from the pan, and keep warm.
• Pour the beef stock into the skillet, and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil for a few minutes until slightly reduced, then lower the heat to medium-low, and stir in the creme fraiche. Cook and stir 2 minutes, then pour in the Calvados, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Season each ostrich steak with pepper to taste. Spoon the sauce over the steaks to serve.

CALVADOS APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• Peel and core apples, then cut into 1-inch pieces. Bring apples, water, sugar, zest, and cinnamon to a boil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan, stirring occasionally, then reduce heat and simmer, covered, 15 minutes.
• Remove lid and simmer until most of liquid is evaporated, 5 to 10 minutes. Add Calvados and simmer, stirring occasionally, 1 minute. Mash apples with a potato masher or a fork to a coarse sauce, then cool.

GRILLED PORK CHOPS WITH CALVADOS DEMI-GLACE AND MAPLE-BACON ALMO

Steps:

• For the brined pork chops:.
• In a large container that will fit in your refrigerator, combine the room-temperature water, maple syrup and salt, stirring until the salt dissolves. Stir in the ice water. Add the pork chops and refrigerate for 24 hours.
• For the Calvados demi-glace:.
• Combine the apples, stock, Calvados, cinnamon sticks and cloves in a large saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Adjust the heat and simmer until the liquid is reduced to about 1 cup, about 1 hour. Strain the sauce into a small saucepan. Place over low heat and swirl in the butter with a spoon. Stir in the maple syrup. Season with salt and pepper.
• For the maple-bacon almonds:.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the egg white in a stainless-steel bowl and beat with a whisk until it forms soft peaks. Add the almonds, maple syrup, bacon and salt and mix well. Spread evenly on a baking sheet. Bake for 6 minutes, stir, and continue to bake for another 6 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Coarsely chop the almonds.
• To serve:.
• Preheat a grill to high and preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• Remove the pork chops from the brine and pat them dry. Sprinkle with pepper and grill until they have grill marks on both sides, about 4 minutes. Place the chops on a pan and bake in the oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of each registers 140 degrees F, about 40 minutes. To serve, place the chops on plates.
• Gently reheat the Calvados demi-glace if necessary and drizzle on the chops. Sprinkle with almonds.

PORK WITH APPLES, CALVADOS AND APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• Place pork slices between plastic wrap. Using mallet, pound pork slices to 1/4-inch thickness. (Can be prepared 4 hours ahead. Cover tightly and refrigerate.)
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add apples and sugar to skillet and sauté until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Set aside.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in another heavy large skillet over high heat. Season pork with salt and pepper. Add pork to skillet and sauté until just cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to plate; keep warm.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in same skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and thyme and sauté 2 minutes. Add Calvados and boil until reduced to glaze, scraping up any browned bits. Stir in cream and cider; boil until mixture thickens to sauce consistency, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Reheat apples, if necessary. Arrange a few pork slices on each plate. Spoon sauce over. Top generously with sautéed apple slices and serve.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH CALVADOS SAUCE AND DRIED FRUIT COMPOTE

Steps:

• Cut pork crosswise into 1-inch-thick medallions; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Melt butter and oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches, add pork and sauté until brown and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer pork to plate; tent with foil to keep warm. Add shallots to skillet and stir 1 minute. Add cream, broth and Calvados; boil until sauce thickens enough to coat spoon, stirring up browned bits, about 5 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Divide medallions among 6 plates. Top with sauce; serve with compote.