Peppery Pork Roast Food

PEPPER CRUSTED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
• Mix flour and pepper. Stir into softened butter, then stir in mustard, making a paste. Spread paste on top and sides of roast.
• Bake at 475 degrees for 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 325 and cover roast loosely with foil.
• Continue cooking about 1 hour and 10 minutes, until meat thermometer registers 160 degrees.

SKILLET PORK AND PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler. Slice the pork on an angle into 1-inch-thick pieces; season with salt. Heat a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat; add 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add the onion and bell peppers; season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook until the vegetables are crisp-tender and slightly browned, 4 to 6 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
• Add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil to the skillet. Add the pork and sear over high heat until browned, 2 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer the pork to the plate with the onion and peppers.
• Reduce the heat to medium and add the garlic, sage and tomato paste to the skillet. Cook, stirring, until the tomato paste turns brick-red, about 1 minute. Add the pepperoncini slices and their liquid, then pour in the wine and bring to a boil, scraping up any browned bits with a wooden spoon or spatula. Add the broth and return to a simmer. Arrange the pork in a single layer in the skillet; add the onion and peppers and sprinkle with cheese. Transfer to the oven and broil until the pork is cooked through, 4 to 7 minutes.
• Photography by Antonis Achilleos

PEPPERY PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Slice onions and place in slow cooker.
• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Season pork roast with salt and pepper, then brown on all sides. Place browned roast in slow cooker on top of sliced onions. Add cloves, cinnamon stick, and bay leaf to cooker. Pour can of cola over roast and top with dried fruit. Cover and cook 3 to 4 hours on High setting or 8 to 9 hours on Low, or until thermometer inserted into center of roast registers 160 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. Remove roast from slow cooker and let rest 5 to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, using a slotted spoon, remove onion, fruit and spices. Discard whole spices. Skim grease from sauce. Slice roast and serve topped with onions and fruit and a little sauce.
• Serving Ideas: Delicious over garlic mashed potatoes.

DAN'S FALLIN' APART PORK POT ROAST WITH CRACKED PEPPER GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a mortar, smash together 1/4 cup of garlic powder, 1/4 cup of onion powder, the crushed red pepper flakes, and 1 tablespoon of cracked black pepper until the mixture forms a fine powder. Place the spice mix into a large shallow bowl.
• Inject the pork roast all over with the Creole marinade; blot moisture from the outside of the roast. Rub the spice mix all over the pork roast to thoroughly coat. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat, then cook and stir the shallots and elephant garlic until the garlic becomes lightly golden brown. Sear the coated pork roast in the hot butter on all sides until the spice coating is golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Place the roast into a roasting pan or Dutch oven with the fat side up; scrape up the butter, cooked shallots and garlic, and sprinkle around the roast. Arrange the sweet onions, red potatoes, carrots, and celery pieces around the roast. Mix 1 cup of water with the remaining spice rub, and pour evenly over roast.
• Cover the roasting pan with a lid, and cook in the preheated oven until the meat is very tender, 3 3/4 to 4 hours.
• Remove the roast and set aside on a serving platter; surround the meat with the cooked vegetables. Whisk 1 tablespoon of cracked black pepper, 2 tablespoons of garlic powder, 1 tablespoon of onion powder, and the brown gravy mix together with 2 cups of water in a bowl, and whisk the mixture into the liquid left in the roasting pan. Place the pan over medium heat, and cook, whisking constantly, until the gravy has come to a boil and has thickened, about 5 minutes. Serve alongside the roast and vegetables.

PASILLA PEPPER-GRILLED PORK LOIN WITH POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat grill to medium heat.
• Blend dressing and chiles in blender until smooth. Place meat on center of large sheet of heavy-duty foil; top with chile mixture and vegetables. Fold foil to make packet. Place on grill grate.
• Grill 40 to 45 min. or until meat is done (145ºF). Remove from grill. Let stand 3 min.
• Cut slits in foil to release steam before opening packet. Slice meat. Serve with vegetables.

PORK LOIN WITH PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the mustard, brown sugar, horseradish and dill; spread over roast. Place in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour. , Arrange peppers and mushrooms around roast. Combine wine or juice and lemon juice; pour over vegetables. Bake 30 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 160° and vegetables are tender., Remove vegetables and keep warm. Broil roast 4-6 in. from the heat for 5-7 minutes or until a crust forms. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with vegetables.

ALEPPO PEPPER-ROASTED PORK WITH SHALLOT VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Pork:
• Mix garlic, Aleppo, salt, and sugar in a small bowl; rub over pork. Place in a large roasting pan. Cover and chill 12-24 hours.
• Preheat oven to 300°F. Uncover pork and roast, basting with drippings every hour or so and covering with foil if browning too quickly, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of pork registers 145°F (meat will be very tender but not quite falling off the bone), 6-7 hours. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest at least 30 minutes before slicing.
• Do ahead: Pork can be roasted 1 day ahead. Let cool; cover and chill. Reheat in a 225°F oven (about 1 hour).
• Vinaigrette and assembly:
• Whisk shallots, vinegar, parsley, marjoram, Aleppo pepper, oil, sugar, and 2 tablespoons water in a medium bowl. Season with salt and black pepper; serve with pork. Do ahead: Vinaigrette can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover and chill.

THREE-PEPPER PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Cook and stir bacon in large skillet on medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet with slotted spoon; drain on paper towel. Add leeks and bell peppers to drippings in skillet; cook and stir 6 to 8 min. or until crisp-tender. Transfer mixture to medium bowl; refrigerate 10 min.
• Add cream cheese and bacon to leek mixture; mix well. Open meat; place, cut-side up, on work surface. Spread cream cheese mixture onto meat to within 1/2 inch of edges. Starting at 1 long side, roll up meat; tie closed with kitchen string. Place in baking dish; sprinkle with black pepper.
• Bake 1 hour or until meat is done (145ºF). Let stand 10 min. before slicing.

DR. PEPPER PORK ROAST

Steps:

• 1. Place the sliced onions in a 4 quart slow cooker.
• 2. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Season pork roast with salt and pepper. Brown roast on all sides in skillet. Place browned roast in the slow cooker on top of onions.
• 3. Add cloves, cinnamon sticks and bay leaf to the slow cooker. Pour Dr. Pepper over roast and top roast with the dried fruit. Cover and cook on high heat setting for 3 to 4 hours or low heat setting for 8 to 9 hours - or until internal temperature of roast is 160 degrees F.
• 4. Remove roast from the slow cooker and let rest for 10 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove onion, fruit and spices from cooker; dicard spices. Skim fat from sauce in cooker. Slice the roast and serve topped with onions, fruit and sauce.

DR. PEPPER PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Place sliced onions in a slow cooker. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Season pork roast with salt and pepper, then brown on all sides. Place browned roast in slow cooker on top of sliced onions.
• Add cloves, cinnamon stick and bay leaf to cooker. Pour can of Dr. Pepper over roast and top with dried fruit. Cover and cook 3 to 4 hours on high-heat setting for 8 to 9 hours or until thermometer inserted into center of roast reads 160°F.
• Remove roast from slow cooker and let rest 5 to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, using a slotted spoon, remove onion, fruit and spices. Discard whole spices. Skim grease from sauce. Slice roast and serve topped with onions and fruit and a little sauce.
• Serving idea: Serve over garlic mashed potatoes.

PEPPER-CRUSTED PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Mix first five ingredients. To make a double roast, arrange tenderloins side by side, thick end to thin end; tie together with kitchen string at 1-1/2-in. intervals. Place on a rack in a 15x10x1-in. pan. Spread with mustard mixture; cover with bread crumbs, pressing to adhere. , Bake until a thermometer inserted in pork reads 145°, 30-40 minutes. (Tent loosely with foil if needed to prevent overbrowning.) Let stand 5 minutes. Cut into slices; remove string before serving.

SWEET AND SOUR PEPPER PORK

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. Place the pork in the oil and sprinkle with salt. Fry for 5 to 10 minutes, or until brown on all sides. Remove the pork from the oil, cover with foil to keep warm, and set aside.
• In the same skillet over medium heat melt the butter. Mix in the bell pepper, onion, and garlic and saute for 5 minutes. Stir in the flour and sugar and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the wine, vinegar, and water. Mix in the soy sauce, ketchup, and black pepper. Reduce heat to low and let simmer for 5 minutes, or until the sauce has thickened. Return the pork pieces to the skillet and stir until well combined.

SLOW-ROAST PORK WITH APPLES & PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Sit the pork on a sheet of foil in a roasting tin. Mix the butter, sugar and mustard with 2 tsp salt, rub all over the top and ends of the joint (or joints), then scrunch up the foil to seal tightly in a parcel.
• Mix the onions and apples in a large, shallow roasting tin. Scatter the peppers over the top and poke in some bay leaves. Mix the vinegar, oil, mustard and sugar with 100ml water and drizzle over everything. Roast the pork for 3½ hrs while you cook the peppers on the shelf below for the first 2 hrs. When you remove the apples and peppers after 2 hrs, set aside and put the Salt-baked potatoes (see 'Goes well with', right) into the oven underneath the pork instead.
• After 3 hrs, unwrap the foil from the pork. Scrape any mustard mixture stuck to the foil back onto the pork, sit it and any juices back in the tin and increase oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Roast for 30-45 mins more until the skin is brown and crisping. Remove the pork from the oven, cover and rest for 20 mins while you put the peppers back on the top shelf for 20 mins to finish. Serve the pork thickly sliced alongside the apples and peppers, with any tin juices poured over.