Double Fennel Pork Stew Recipes

PORC EN DAUBE - FRENCH PORK STEW

Steps:

• For the overnight marinade:.
• Put the pork pieces in a casserole with a lid.
• Chop the onions roughly, and add half to the pot.
• Put in 2 bay leaves and and distribute the twigs of thyme around the pot.
• Pour 3/4 (about 1 1/2 pints) of a bottle of red wine (best option is an inexpensive fruity red wine!) over the meat etc in the pot. Put the lid on it, and leave it until the following day.
• The following day, lift out the meat with a slotted spoon, and put it in a colander over the casserole, to drain a bit. Lift out the other ingredients and discard them. Keep the wine.
• If you will be using the same pot, just drain off the wine into a bowl, rinse the pot, dry it, and heat it over medium heat.
• Add a little oil.
• Put the other half of the roughly chopped onion into the oil. Add the chopped garlic, and cook both till a little bit golden. Lift out with a slotted spoon.
• Dry the meat with paper towels.
• Put the meat into a bag with 1 cup of flour, and shake the bag till the meat is coated.
• Begin to brown the meat over medium high heat. Don't do all at once, because if you do they won't brown, they will begin to stew in juice. Brown them in small batches, and lift out with a slotted spoon as they brown.
• When all have been browned, return all the meat and the onion and garlic to the pan.
• Add a little of the flour (1 tablespoon) to ensure a somewhat thick sauce.
• Add 2 bay leaves.
• Pour the reserved wine over the meat. Pour the rest of the wine (this will be about 1 1/2 pints) over the meat.
• The liquid should cover the meat. If it doesn't, add some water or bouillon.
• Cook this covered over low heat for at least two hours, or until tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add more thyme if desired. The sauce will thicken and become reduced.
• You can cook this on the stove over low heat or in an oven at 325F or less.
• I like to cook meat slowly over low heat, so I cook this for almost 4 hours!
• Prepare dried, thick sliced toast: Take a clove of fresh garlic, and just scrape the garlic lightly over both sides of the toast.
• Ladle the meat and sauce over the toasts.

TUSCAN PORK STEW

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown pork in oil; drain. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker., Stir in the tomatoes, broth, vegetable blend, wine, marmalade, garlic, oregano, fennel seed, pepper and, if desired, pepper flakes. Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours, until meat is tender., Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; gradually stir into stew. Cover and cook on high about 30 minutes, until thickened. Serve with fettuccine if desired.

ROAST PORK WITH FENNEL & ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Crush the fennel seeds and peppercorns coarsely using a pestle and mortar. Add the garlic and some salt, and crush again to make a paste. Stir in orange zest along with the rosemary and oil.
• Rub the paste all over the pork, then cover with foil. You can now cook the pork or leave it covered in the fridge for up to 24 hrs.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Thickly slice the orange and place in the base of a roasting tin with the onion. Put the pork on top and pour 600ml water into the tin. Roast the joint for 1 hr, add the wine to the tin, then roast for 1 hr more. Baste the joint a few times and add a splash more water if needed.
• Remove the joint from the oven, strain off the meat juices, tightly cover joint with foil, then leave to rest for 15 mins. Pour meat juices into a pan, add the jelly and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve it. Taste and add seasoning if necessary. Thickly slice the pork and serve with a little of the juices poured over.

CHEF JOHN'S IRISH PORK STEW

Steps:

• Season pork cubes with salt and black pepper.
• Heat vegetable oil in a pot over high heat. Working in batches, cook and stir pork in hot oil until browned on all sides, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer pork to a bowl and reduce heat to medium.
• Melt butter in the pot. Cook and stir onion with a pinch of salt in hot butter until onion is softened and translucent, 7 to 10 minutes. Add garlic; saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Stir flour into onion mixture; cook and stir until flour is completely incorporated, about 2 minutes. Add bay leaf and caraway seed; cook for 2 minutes more. Pour beer into onion mixture. Cook and stir until thickened, 1 to 3 minutes.
• Stir pork, chicken broth, carrots, and celery into beer mixture; bring to simmer. Stir 1/4 cup parsley and balsamic vinegar into stew, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until pork is fork-tender, about 2 hours.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the Brussels sprouts and cook uncovered until almost tender, about 5 minutes. Drain.
• Stir Brussels sprouts into stew and simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Divide mashed potatoes between 6 bowls. Ladle stew over potatoes and top each with a pinch of parsley.

DOUBLE FENNEL PORK STEW

Steps:

• Chop onion. Mince garlic. Set aside. Combine flour, 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper. Toss pork cubes with flour mixture to coat. In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add pork and brown well, in batches, if necessary. Remove from pan.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Add onion, garlic. 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, fennel seed, thyme and 1/2 cup water. Cover and cook until onion has softened about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and pork. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 90 minutes. Trim tops and bottoms of the fennel. Cut the bulbs into quarters. Cut carrots into short sticks and add into stew with the fennel.
• Continue cooking, covered, until the pork and vegetables are tender, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.