Balsamic-Baked Onions and Potatoes with Roast Pork

Name: Balsamic-Baked Onions and Potatoes with Roast Pork
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 355 milliliters cheap balsamic vinegar; 4 bay leaves; 198 grams butter, cubed; 2 stalks celery, trimmed and chopped; 2 Tbsps freshly ground fennel seeds; 1 bunch fresh rosemary, leaves picked and chopped; 1 small bunch fresh rosemary, leaves picked and finely chopped; 1 whole bulb garlic, quartered or smashed; 6 cloves garlic, crushed; 6 servings Olive oil; 1 medium red onion, peeled and quartered; 5 mediums red onions, peeled and quartered; 6 servings Salt and pepper; 6 servings Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 kilograms boneless rolled pork loin, preferably free-range or organic, skin off, fat scored in a crisscross pattern; 2 kilograms waxy potatoes (all-purpose), peeled and quartered lengthwise; 2 wine glasses white wine

Balsamic-Baked Onions and Potatoes with Roast Pork might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 1681 calories, 63g of protein, and 56g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up garlic, bulb garlic, rosemary, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Oven

Put the potatoes into a pan of boiling, salted water and cook for around 8 minutes, then drain and return to the pan. Chuff them up a bit by shaking the pan.

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Potato

Water

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Frying Pan

To prepare the meat, scatter a handful of finely chopped rosemary leaves over a large chopping board.

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Rosemary

Meat

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Cutting Board

Sprinkle over some salt and pepper and the ground fennel seeds.

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Salt And Pepper

Ground Fennel

Seeds

Roll the pork across the board, pressing down hard so all the flavorings stick to it.

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Pork

Roll

Get a large roasting pan that your pork will fit snugly into, and place it on a burner over a medium-high heat.

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Pork

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Roasting Pan

Pour in a little olive oil and place the pork in, fat side down, sprinkled with any flavorings remaining on the board. After a few minutes, when the pork fat is lightly golden, turn it over and add the garlic cloves, onion, celery and bay leaves to the pan.

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Bay Leaves

Olive Oil

Pork Fat

Celery

Onion

Pork

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Frying Pan

Place on the bottom shelf of your preheated oven for 1 hour, basting it halfway through. (For the last 20 minutes of cooking, you may need to cover the pork with a bit of damp waxed paper to stop it coloring too much.)

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Pork

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Oven

Get another roasting pan, into which you can fit the potatoes in 1 layer, and heat it on the stove. When hot, pour a glug of olive oil into it and add the butter, rosemary and garlic.

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Olive Oil

Potato

Rosemary

Butter

Garlic

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Stove

Add the potatoes and toss them in all the flavors.

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Potato

Add the onions and all the balsamic vinegar and season with salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes on the burner to reduce the balsamic vinegar a little.

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Balsamic Vinegar

Salt And Pepper

Onion

Place the pan on the top shelf and cook for around 50 minutes, until the potatoes and onions are dark, sticky and crispy - removing the pan to toss the onions and potatoes halfway through.

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Potato

Onion

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Frying Pan

After 1 hour, the meat should be cooked. Prick it with a sharp knife - if the juices run clear, it's done; if not, pop it back in the oven for another 10 to 15 minutes, keeping the potatoes warm.

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Potato

Meat

Pop

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Knife

Oven

Remove it from the oven and let it rest on a plate for 10 minutes.

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Oven

Pour away most of the fat from the pan and mash up the garlic and onion.

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Garlic

Onion

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Frying Pan

Place the pan over the burner and add the white wine. Simmer until the liquid has reduced by half, scraping all the meaty, marmitey goodness off the bottom to make a tasty little sauce, and season if necessary. Pass through a sieve into a serving pitcher. Then slice the pork and serve it with your incredible baked onions and potatoes, drizzled with the pan juices. This meal goes great with some nice greens or an arugula salad.

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White Wine