Pork With Cranberry Fig Chutney Food

PORK LOIN SKEWERS IN RED WINE SAUCE WITH FIG AND CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• For the pork: Bring a large saucepan of water to a simmer and cook the pork belly for 20 minutes. Remove from the water and let cool.
• Combine the salt, sugar, peppercorns, crushed red pepper, bay leaves, garlic and 4 cups water in a large saucepan. Bring the mixture to a simmer, then let cool. Place the pork loin in the brine mixture and let sit in the fridge until ready to cook, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day. Remove the pork from the brine, discard the brine and bring to room temperature before cooking.
• Heat a grill or grill pan over medium heat. Skewer the pork loin, pork belly, onions and peppers and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill the skewers until the pork is cooked through.
• For the red wine sauce: Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery and garlic and saute until softened. Season with salt and pepper. Add the wine, beef broth, cranberries, sugar and rosemary. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is reduced by half. Strain the sauce and keep it warm.
• For the chutney: Combine the cranberries, figs, wine, raisins, honey, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and 1/2 cup water in a large saucepan. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook until the raisins, figs, and cranberries are plumped and the mixture is thickened. Remove from the heat and stir in the green onion, lemon juice, parsley, thyme, and a drizzle of olive oil.
• Serve the pork topped with the red wine sauce and chutney.

PORK WITH CRANBERRY FIG CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Make the chutney. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Make cuts in the fat layer to score it and keep it from shrinking. Sprinkle salt and pepper (if using) evenly over pork chops. Heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet or other oven safe skillet over medium high heat. Fry chops for 2 minutes on each side.
• Place skillet and chops in the oven, and cook for 8 minutes, or until meat thermometer inserted in center reaches 140ºF. Serve with a dollop of chutney on top.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F
• In a small bowl combine allspice, pepper and salt; rub on all sides of tenderloins.
• In a 12 inch skillet, brown tenderloins in hot oil over medium heat, turning to brown on all sides. Transfer tenderloins to a shallow roasting pan. Roast for about 25 minutes or until internal temperature registers 160°F and juices run clear. Remove from oven and keep warm until ready to serve.
• While roast cooks, prepare cranberry chutney. Add butter and onion to the same skillet used to brown the pork tenderloins. Cook about 5 minutes until onion is nearly tender, stirring occasionally. Add cranberries, jelly, cranberry juice, brown sugar, vinegar, ginger and curry powder to skillet. Bring to boiling; reduce heat and boil gently but steadily for 20 to 25 minutes or until thickened to desired consistency and reduce to about 3 cups.
• To serve, spoon some of the chutney over pork. Serve the remaining chutney on the side.
• Make Ahead Directions: Prepare pork and cranberry chutney; allow pork and chutney to cool for 30 minutes. Cover and refrigerate pork up to 3 days or sauce up to one week. Warm pork in a 350°F oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until heated through. Heat cranberry chutney in a saucepan over medium-low heat until heated through, Stirring occasionally.

MOIST CRANBERRY PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Cut roast in half and place in a 3-qt. slow cooker; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Combine the remaining ingredients; pour over roast. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until a thermometer reads 160°. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

SLOW COOKER CRANBERRY FIG PORK

Steps:

• Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Sear pork chops in the hot skillet until lightly browned, about 1 minute per side. Transfer seared pork chops to the slow cooker.
• Combine cranberries, figs, reserved fig juice, apple juice, brown sugar, salt, black pepper, and rosemary in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Pour cranberry mixture over pork chops.
• Cook on High for 4 hours.

HERBED PORK ROAST AND CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Chutney:
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Pork Roast:
• In a small bowl, stir together herbs de Provence, onion powder, light brown sugar, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic. Place the pork roast in a shallow roasting pan or baking dish. Season with salt and pepper and then rub with the herb mixture.
• Place roast in oven and reduce heat to 350 degrees F. Roast for 30 minutes per pound, or until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. (Roast will continue to cook up to 170 degrees F out of the oven.) Remove from oven, cover with foil and let rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
• Chutney:
• In a medium bowl, combine all chutney ingredients and stir thoroughly. Cover and set aside until ready to serve.
• Serve chutney over pork roast.

IT'S JUST PORK...AND CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl, combine the cinnamon, chili, cumin, fennel, paprika, pepper and salt.
• Rub each pork loin generously with the seasoning blend. Let the pork sit 20 to 30 minutes at room temperature.
• Preheat a large, oven-proof saute pan over medium-high heat. Once hot, add enough oil to coat the bottom of the pan. Place the pork tenderloins in the pan and sear the pork on all sides until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes per side.
• Place the seared pork into the oven and cook until an instant-read thermometer reads 155 to 160 degrees F, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove the tenderloins from the oven, place them on a plate or cutting board, tent with foil and allow the meat to rest 10 minutes.
• Cut the pork into 1-inch thick slices and spoon liberal amounts of Cranberry Chutney over the pork and enjoy!
• In a medium saucepot, add the onions, garlic, 1/2 to 3/4 cup water, vinegar, sugar, ginger, allspice, fennel, chile and cloves. Bring the mixture to a boil.
• Add the cranberries to the pot and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook the mixture until the cranberries have reconstituted and start softening and breaking down. If too much liquid evaporates, just add more water and keep cooking until you achieve the desired consistency. The chutney should be on the firmer/chunkier side of a jelly. Once the chutney is cooked, season with salt and pepper.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH BALSAMIC-CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Melt 1/2 tablespoon butter in heavy large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat.
• Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper.
• Sear pork on all sides, about 2 minutes.
• Place skillet with pork in oven.
• Roast pork until thermometer inserted into center registers 155°F, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and rosemary; sauté until onion softens, about 3 minutes.
• Add broth, cranberry sauce and vinegar and whisk until cranberry sauce melts, about 2 minutes.
• Transfer pork to work surface.
• Scrape any juices from large skillet into cranberry mixture.
• Boil until sauce has reduced enough to coat spoon thickly, about 6 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Slice pork and serve with sauce.