Pork Loin With Pinot Noir Sauce Recipes

PINOT NOIR SAUCE

Steps:

• To make stock, heat oven to 450 degrees. Place bones in a medium roasting pan, and roast, turning once or twice, until deeply browned, about 2 hours. Add onions, celery, carrots, garlic and tomato paste, and roast, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are deep golden brown, about 1 1/4 hours.
• Transfer bones and vegetables to a 2-gallon stockpot. Place roasting pan on stove, add 2 cups water and deglaze over high heat, stirring with a wooden spoon to scrape up brown bits. Transfer deglazing liquid into stockpot with bones. Add thyme, bay leaf, parsley stems and 2 1/2 quarts water. Bring to a simmer over high heat, reduce heat to low and simmer until stock is rich and flavorful, about 5 hours. Remove from heat, and strain into a deep saucepan; there should be 8 cups stock. Place saucepan in sink of ice water to cool stock; then refrigerate until ready to use. (While stock is cold, scoop hardened fat from surface, and discard it.) Freeze half the stock to use later.
• To make sauce, heat olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat, and sauté carrot and celery, stirring constantly, until lightly caramelized, about 3 minutes. Add thyme and pinot noir, bring to a simmer and simmer until reduced by half, 7 to 10 minutes. Strain into a clean saucepan.
• Add 4 cups veal stock, bring to a simmer over medium heat, and simmer until sauce is reduced to about 1 1/2 cups. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Increase heat to high, and add butter piece by piece, whisking to emulsify. Sauce will become glossy and coat back of a wooden spoon. As soon as butter is incorporated, remove sauce from heat, and spoon onto meat.

APPLE PORK ROULADE WITH PINOT NOIR SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Butterfly the tenderloin by slicing through 3/4 of the meat lengthwise down the center and fold it open like a book.Cover the meat in plastic wrap and pound it with a mallet or rolling pin to flatten it out to 1/2 an inch thickness.
• Spread 2/3 of the surface of the meat with the goat cheese, leaving a strip at the end bare to keep the filling from oozing out. Place the apple slices in two rows lengthwise and add the couscous to the center. Roll the pork up tightly into a roast and secure with four ties of the butcher's twine.
• Heat the oil in a skillet on medium high heat. When hot, almost to smoking point, add the meat and sear on all sides, getting as much carmelization as possible.
• Place the skillet in a 400 degree oven and roast for 25 minutes, or until internal temperature is 165 degrees. Remove from oven and let the meat rest on a cuttong board for ten minutes.
• Meanwhile, put the skillet back on the stove and add the flour to the pan drippings. Wisk together until flour is incorporated and let cook cook for a minute before adding the wine.
• Let the sauce reduce to a desired thickness turn off the heat. Slice the meat and serve with sauce.

OREGON-STYLE PORK CHOPS WITH PINOT NOIR AND CRANBERRIES; OREGON HASH WITH WILD MUSHROOMS, GREENS, BEETS, HAZELNUTS, AND BLUE CHEESE; CHARRED WHOLE-GRAIN BREAD WITH BUTTER AND CHIVES

Steps:

• Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season the chops with salt and pepper. Add 2 tablespoons of the EVOO to the hot skillet and then add the chops. Cook the chops for 3 to 4 minutes on each side. While they cook, split the leeks lengthwise, slice in 1/2-inch half-moon pieces, and wash them vigorously under running water in a colander to release any sand. Shake to dry.
• To make the hash, preheat a second large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the nuts to the skillet and brown for 2 to 3 minutes, then remove and set aside.
• Remove the chops to a warm plate, tent with foil, and set aside. To the skillet, add another tablespoon of EVOO and the leeks. Cook the leeks until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the cranberries and Pinot Noir to the pan. Scrape up the pan drippings with a wooden spoon and stir in the chicken stock. When the sauce comes up to a bubble, add the chops back to the pan and reduce the heat to a simmer. Finish cooking the chops through, about 10 minutes.
• To finish the hash: To the skillet used to toast the nuts, add the tablespoon of EVOO and 1 tablespoon of the butter. When the butter melts into the oil, add the shallots and mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes, then add the kale. Wilt the kale into the pan and season with salt and pepper to taste. When the kale is hot and wilted, add the beets and gently combine. Adjust the seasonings.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Pull the chops from their sauce and reserve on a clean, warm plate. Raise the heat and bring the sauce back to a bubble. Cut off 4 thick slices of the whole-grain bread. Char the bread under the broiler on each side while you finish the sauce. Add 2 tablespoons of butter to the sauce to give it gloss and weight, and turn off the heat. Spread the charred bread with the remaining tablespoon of butter and sprinkle liberally with chopped chives.
• Pour the sauce over the chops. Serve the hash alongside the chops and toasts and top with crumbles of blue cheese.