Uncle Bills Rack Of Pork With Apricotcranberry Sauce Recipes

OVEN ROASTED RACK OF PORK - RESTAURANT STYLE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 450 degrees
• In a roasting pan add your rough cut vegetables and garlic
• rinse the rack of pork well and pat dry
• place rack fat side up, on top of cut veggies
• apply a liberal amount of mustard (or olive oil) rubbing it into the top of the roast
• sprinkle entire rack with sea salt, pepper, garlic, and onion or just use my personal favorite Montreal Steak Seasoning instead of the other seasonings.**Add one cup of water to the bottom of the pan before roasting.
• place pan in preheated 450 degrees F oven for 15 minutes.
• after 15 minutes reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F and continue to roast for 1½ - 2 hours or until internal temperature has reached 160 degrees for well done or 145 degrees for medium.
• Remove the Rack from the oven placing on a cutting board and allow to rest for 10- 20 minutes before slicing the meat. This will allow all the juices to remain in the rack, rather than have them run all over the plate, making the meat dry.
• While the rack is resting, place 2 cups of water in the roasting pan and place on the stovetop on medium heat (or back in the oven) and with a spoon loosen all the baked-in meat scraps from the pan, making your pan gravy.
• Strain out all of the vegetable pieces and any residue
• Cut the rack along the bones, making even portions of the pork, serve with your pan gravy and your favorite sides!

UNCLE BILL'S RACK OF PORK WITH APRICOT/CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• In a medium-size saucepan, add apricot jam, cranberries, orange juice, cinnamon and cloves and bring to a gentle simmer, stirring occasionally.
• Cook until sauce lightly thickens and cranberries begin to break apart, abou 15 to 20 minutes.
• Remove sauce from heat and set aside.
• Season rack of pork generously with salt and pepper.
• Place the rack of pork in a small roasting pan; standing with ribs up.
• Roast the pork uncovered in preheated 350 F oven for 30 minutes.
• Brush pork ribs with 1/2 cup of sauce.
• Continue to roast, uncovered for another 20 minutes.
• Brush again with another 1/2 cup of sauce.
• Continue roasting, uncovered for 30 minutes longer or until meat thermometer inserted in the center of the pork registers 160 F.
• Brush rack of pork with a little more sauce, then let rest for 10 minutes to allow juices to set before cutting between ribs.
• Serve with remaining sauce alongside pork.

PORK WITH APRICOT SAUCE

Steps:

• Place tenderloins on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 450° for 30-35 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients. Cook and stir until heated through., Slice the pork; serve 1-1/2 pounds with the apricot sauce. Refrigerate or freeze remaining pork for another use.