Roast Pork Loin With Blood Orange Mostarda Food

HERB AND GARLIC ROAST PORK LOIN WITH ROASTED PEARS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Sprinkle the pork all over with a good pinch of salt and pepper. Heat a large, ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons oil; add the pork and cook, turning occasionally, until browned on all sides, about 8 minutes. Transfer the pork to a cutting board.
• Return the skillet to medium heat. Add the butter, thyme, parsley, rosemary and minced garlic; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the breadcrumbs and 1 teaspoon salt; cook, stirring, until golden, about 2 minutes. Transfer the toasted breadcrumbs to a piece of wax paper or parchment.
• Brush the pork with the mustard and roll in the toasted breadcrumbs to coat. Return the coated pork to the center of the skillet. Halve the garlic heads crosswise, then add to a large bowl with the pears, onion, remaining 2 tablespoons oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt and several grinds of pepper. Toss until evenly combined, then add to the skillet surrounding the pork. Roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the pork registers 145 degrees F, about 45 minutes. Transfer the pork and garlic to a cutting board and let rest 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place the skillet with the roasted pears and onions over medium-low heat. Add the vinegar and cook until almost all the vinegar has been absorbed and the pears look glossy, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle with more chopped parsley. Slice the pork and serve with the roasted garlic, pears and onions.

ORANGE-GLAZED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Combine the first 5 ingredients; rub over roast. Place fat side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour. , Meanwhile, in a saucepan over medium heat, combine orange juice, brown sugar and mustard. In a small bowl, mix water and cornstarch until smooth. Add to orange juice mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes. Reserve 1 cup glaze for serving; brush half of remaining glaze over roast. , Bake until a thermometer reads 145°, 20-40 minutes longer, brushing occasionally with remaining glaze. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing. Reheat reserved glaze; serve with roast.

ROASTED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Crush garlic with rosemary, salt and pepper, making a paste. Pierce meat with a sharp knife in several places and press the garlic paste into the openings. Rub the meat with the remaining garlic mixture and olive oil.
• Place pork loin into oven, turning and basting with pan liquids. Cook until the pork is no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C). Remove roast to a platter. Heat the wine in the pan and stir to loosen browned bits of food on the bottom. Serve with pan juices.

PORK LOIN ROAST WITH ORANGE AND GRAND MARNIER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Place roast in ungreased baking (roasting) pan, 9x11x2 or larger.
• Make enough slits in roast to accommodate number of orange slices.
• Push orange slices into slits.
• Pour defrosted orange juice over roast.
• Add water and mix well with orange juice in bottom of pan.
• Sprinkle roast with cloves.
• Bake at 300 degrees for approximately 2 hours, or until internal temperature is at 155 degrees.
• Baste with sauces every 30 minutes.
• Add water to sauce as necessary to prevent total evaporation.
• Remove roast from oven and place roast on serving platter.
• Reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees.
• Place roast back in oven.
• Place roasting pan (with sauces) on burner over medium high heat.
• Add heavy whipping cream (you may wish to add more Grand Marnier at this time for taste).
• Cook (stirring gently) until slightly thickened (you want a sauce not a gravy).
• Lower heat to simmer.
• Remove roast from oven and slice in 1/2 inch slices.
• Pour sauce into gravy boat and serve.

ROAST PORK LOIN WITH BLOOD ORANGE MOSTARDA

Steps:

• make the pork, position racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat to 350 degrees. tie the pork with kitchen twine at 1" intervals so it keeps its shape. Combine 2 T olive oil, the zest and juice of 1 blood orange, the garlic, rosemary and coriander 1 1/4 tsp salt and a few grinds of pepper. Rub all over the pork. Set a rack in a large roasting pan, put the pork on the rack and let stand at room temp for 30 minutes
• Meanwhile, quarter the remaining 3 blood oranges (do not peel). Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet along with the red onions. Drizzle with the remaining T olive oil and season with salt and pepper
• Roast the pork on the lower over rack until golden brown and 145 degrees about 1 hour and 10 min. about halfway through, roast the oranges and onions on the upper rack and softened and just starting to char. set aside until ready to serve. Remove pork from oven and let rest 10 minutes
• Meanwhile, make the mostarda. Combine the blood orange juice, wine, 1 C water, the raisins, sugar, homey, mustard seeds, rosemary and 1 T mustard in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to med low and simmer until thick and syrupy about 30 min. Remove rosemary sprig and stir in the remaining 1 T mustard and the vinegar. Season with saltand pepper and set aside.
• Untie the pork and slice, transfer to a platter along with roasted oranges and onions, and serve with the mostarda