Roast Pork With Sweet Red Pepper Paste Roasted Potatoes Food

ROAST PORK AND SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Position a rack in the upper third of the oven; preheat to 450 degrees F. Pierce the pork all over with a fork. Combine the brown sugar, sage, garlic, 3/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of black pepper in a bowl; rub all over the pork.
• Toss the sweet potatoes and onion with 2 tablespoons olive oil and the cayenne on a baking sheet; season with salt and black pepper. Roast, tossing once, until golden, 20 minutes; set aside.
• Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the pork and cook, turning, until golden, 5 minutes; transfer to the baking sheet with the vegetables (reserve the skillet). Roast until the sweet potatoes are tender and a thermometer inserted into the center of the pork registers 145 degrees F, 11 to 13 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add the broth to the skillet; bring to a simmer over medium heat, scraping up any browned bits with a wooden spoon. Stir in the mustard, chives and a few grinds of black pepper. Slice the pork; drizzle with the pan sauce. Serve with the roasted vegetables.

ROASTED PORK WITH SMOKY RED PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Pork: Put an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Rub 1 tablespoon of the oil over the pork and season with salt and pepper, to taste. In a large skillet or Dutch oven, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil over high heat. Add the pork and brown it on all sides, about 8 minutes. Transfer the pork to a 13 by 9 by 2-inch glass baking dish and roast it until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the pork registers 165 degrees F, about 25 to 30 minutes. Allow the pork to rest for 10 minutes on a cutting board.
• Sauce: In the same skillet used for the pork, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, peppers and garlic and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook, stirring frequently until softened, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add the wine and cook for 2 minutes, scraping up the brown bits that cling to the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Stir in the paprika, tomato puree and the bay leaf. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the sauce thickens, about 25 to 30 minutes. Remove the bay leaf and transfer the mixture to a food processor or blender. Blend until smooth. Season with 2 tablespoons salt and pepper, to taste.
• Slice the pork thinly and arrange on a platter. Spoon the sauce on top, garnish with chopped parsley and serve.

ROAST PORK AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Rub the loins with extra-virgin olive oil and lots of salt and coarse pepper. Combine the onions with the garlic, chile, rosemary, and thyme, and then dress with extra-virgin olive oil and salt and pepper. Arrange a bed of potatoes in a roaster pan. Place the pork loins over the potatoes. Add the fennel to one of the loins (the other is for the Pork and Poblano Green Chili Pot recipe, recipe follows). Pile the onion-flavoring paste evenly over the pork loins. Roast the meats 1 hour. Pour the wine evenly around the pan, and then shake the pan to loosen the potatoes or use a spoon to mix them around a bit. Add the pork back to the oven and roast another 25 minutes or so, until a thermometer inserted in the loin reads 160 degrees F. Let the meat rest, then carve and serve with potatoes and pan drippings.
• Cool the remaining loin, cover in plastic wrap and reserve for another meal.
• Serve with Creamy Mushrooms and Kale recipe follows.
• Stem and slice or coarsely chop the mushroom blend. Heat the extra-virgin olive oil, 4 turns of the pan, over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms to the pan and brown 10 minutes, then add in the garlic, thyme, and sage, stir 2 to 3 minutes, then add the kale and cook until just wilted. Season with salt, pepper, and a few grates of nutmeg. Stir a few minutes more, then add in the Marsala and reduce the liquid by half, another minute or 2. Add the cream to the mushrooms in the pan and reduce heat, let the flavors combine a few minutes and cream thickens. Serve the mushroom dish garnished with a few grates of cheese.
• Char the poblano peppers all over by placing the peppers on stovetop burners or under a hot broiler until black, turning frequently. Place the charred peppers in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap to steam them as they cool. Rub the skins off the poblanos and jalapenos with paper towel or peel by hand, then seed the peppers and chop.
• Meanwhile, heat the extra-virgin olive oil in a medium-size Dutch oven over medium heat, add the onions and sweat 10 minutes then add the garlic and tomatillos and cook 10 minutes more; season with salt and pepper. Place the cooked onion-tomatillo mixture in a food processor with cilantro, cumin, honey, and puree. Add the puree back to the Dutch oven, then stir in the chopped peppers and chicken stock. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat to low for the flavors to combine. Slice and finely chop the cooked pork and stir into the chili. When the soup returns to a bubble, turn off the stove, cool completely and store for make-ahead meal.
• To reheat the chili: Place in covered pot over medium heat and cook until the pork comes to a bubble, stir in the juice of 1 lime and turn off the heat. Slice the remaining lime into wedges and serve alongside the chili.
• For the cheesy polenta: In medium saucepan, bring the chicken stock and milk to a boil. Whisk in the polenta, stirring until the polenta just pulls from the side of the pot. Stir in the Manchego cheese and serve warm.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH ROASTED SWEET POTATOES AND PEARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Parboil potatoes to soften slightly.
• Spray baking dish with cook spray.
• Season the pork tenderloin on all sides with garlic salt and pepper.
• Add the pork tenderloins and surround with sweet potatoes and pears.
• drizzle oil over vegetables.
• Sprinkle rosemary and sage over pork tenderloin (I actually flip the tenderloins so that the herbs are on all sides).
• Cook in oven for 25-35 minutes.
• Let rest out of oven for 10 minutes before slicing.

ROAST PORK AND POTATOES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Stir in 1/2 cup water; let stand for 3 minutes. , Place roast, fat side up, on a greased rack in a roasting pan. Pour remaining water into the pan. Combine potatoes and onions; spoon around the roast. Brush vegetables and roast with seasoning mixture. , Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 2-1/2 to 3 hours or until a thermometer reads 160° and potatoes are tender. Baste and stir potatoes occasionally. Tent with foil if browning too fast. Thicken juices for gravy if desired. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

PORK ROAST OVER SWEET POTATOES FOR THE CROCK POT

Steps:

• Combine first 6 ingredients.
• Rub into pork.
• Put potatoes in the crock pot.
• Place pork on top of potatoes.
• Pour broth over all.
• Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours.

ROASTED SWEET POTATO SALAD WITH RED PEPPER VINAGRETTE

Steps:

• Preheat the over to 400. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into bite-sized pieces. Put them on a baking sheet, drizzle with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, and toss to coat. Sprinkle a little bit of salt and pepper. Roast until tender (about 30 minutes), stirring the potatoes occasionally.
• Make the dressing while the potatoes cook. Put the remaining 6 tablespoons oil in a blender, along with the vinegar, bell pepper, cumin, and zest. Salt and pepper to taste, and puree until smooth.
• Toss the warm potatoes with the scallion, mint, and chiles. Add dressing and toss to coat.

ROAST PORK TENDERLOIN WITH SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 475 degrees F.
• Mash garlic with 1/4 teaspoon salt, pepper and ginger to form a paste.
• Place pork in a jelly-roll pan or large roasting pan; rub all over with garlic mixture.
• Toss sweet potatoes with 1 Tablespoon oil and 3/4 teaspoon more salt in a large bowl. Arrange potatoes in pan around the pork.
• Combine the brown sugar, vinegar, soy sauce and remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a small saucepan; brush some of the mixture over the pork. Roast pork and potatoes 10 minutes.
• eanwhile, bring remaining soy sauce mixture to a boil over high heat. boil until sauce is thickened, 5 minutes; remove from heat.
• Brush half the sauce over the pork and turn sweet potatoes. Rioast 5 minutes more until the sweet potatoes are tender and meast thermometer inserted in thickest part of pork registers 155 degrees F. (I find it takes my tenderloin closer to 20 minutes to reach that temperature).
• Cut pork into 3/4 inch thick slices. Arrange on a platter with sweet potatoes. Pout any pan drippings and remaining sauce over the pork.
• Makes 6 servings.
• I like to double the amount of sauce. because my family loves it so much!

MAPLE GLAZED PORK ROAST WITH SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Pat pork dry and season generously with salt and pepper. Sprinkle center of a flameproof roasting pan with 1/2 tablespoon flour. Set pork on flour in pan and roast in middle of oven 40 minutes. Brush pork with some maple syrup and roast, brushing with maple syrup every 10 minutes, until a thermometer inserted 2 inches into center of meat registers 155°F., 20 to 25 minutes more.
• While pork is roasting, peel potatoes and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces. In a kettle cover potatoes with salted cold water by 2 inches and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain potatoes in a colander set over a large bowl and reserve 3 cups cooking water. Return potatoes to kettle and mash with a potato masher, or purée in a food processor. Season potatoes with salt and pepper and keep warm.
• Transfer pork to a platter and let stand, loosely covered with foil, 10 minutes. While pork is standing, skim fat from pan juices. In a small bowl make a beurre manié by kneading together butter and remaining 4 tablespoons flour until smooth.
• Add 1 cup reserved cooking water to roasting pan and deglaze over moderately high heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits. Add remaining 2 cups cooking water and any juices that have accumulated on platter and bring mixture to a boil. Whisk in beurre manié and simmer sauce, whisking, until thickened to desired consistency, about 2 minutes. Pour sauce through a fine sieve into a sauceboat.
• Slice pork and serve with sweet potatoes and sauce.

ROAST TENDERLOIN OF PORK WITH SWEET PEPPERS AND PAPRIKA SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle tenderloins with salt, pepper and paprika.
• Heat the oil in a heavy skillet until quite hot and add tenderloins.
• Cook, turning pieces so they brown evenly on all sides, about 5 minutes.
• Pour off fat from pan and scatter onion and garlic around meat. Cook about 3 minutes and add the wine, bay leaf, broth and thyme. Bring to boil, stirring, and cover tightly. Cook 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut peppers into thin strips, about 1/4 inch thick. Scatter pepper strips over meat and cook about 5 minutes.
• Move pieces of meat to a serving plate, and add sour cream and heavy cream to skillet. Stir to blend. Remove bay leaf and pour sauce over meat. Sprinkle with parsley.

BRAISED PORK ROAST WITH SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place the pork roast in a cast-iron or enamel casserole with a lid. Add the water, soy sauce, Tabasco, vinegar, honey and cumin. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to very low and boil gently, covered, for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, peel the yams and cut into 1 1/2-inch slices. Peel the onions and cut each into 4 to 6 pieces, depending on size. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• After the pork has cooked for 1 hour, add the yams, onions and garlic. Bring back to the boil and continue boiling, covered, on top of the stove for about 15 minutes. Uncover and place the casserole in the center of the oven. Cook for 45 minutes, turning the meat in the juices every 15 minutes. At the end of the cooking period, the juices should be dark and concentrated, the meat tender when pierced with a fork and the vegetables very soft.
• Serve directly from the casserole, cutting the meat at the table.