Braised Pork with Pearl Onions and Grapes

Name: Braised Pork with Pearl Onions and Grapes
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 473 milliliters low-sodium chicken broth; 340 grams pearl onions; 907 grams boneless rib-end pork loin roast; 227 grams red and green grapes; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 thyme sprig plus 1 teaspoon chopped thyme; 5 Tbsps unsalted butter, 2 tablespoons softened; 1 smalls yellow onion, coarsely chopped

Braised Pork with Pearl Onions and Grapes might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains about 51g of protein, 40g of fat, and a total of 686 calories. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up rib-end pork loin roast, wine, salt and pepper, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the dry white wine you could follow this main course with the White Wine Frozen Yogurt as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Season the pork with salt and pepper. In a small enameled cast-iron casserole, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter.

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Butter

Pork

Add the pork and brown well over moderately high heat, 10 minutes; transfer to a plate.

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Pork

Pour off the fat from the casserole.

Add the wine and boil over high heat, scraping up the browned bits, until reduced by half, 3 minutes.

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Wine

Add the broth and bring to a boil.

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Broth

Add the garlic, bay leaf, thyme sprig, yellow onion and the pork. Cover and simmer over very low heat, turning once, until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center registers 160, about 1 hour.

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Yellow Onion

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Thyme

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Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan of water, boil the pearl onions until almost tender, 5 minutes; drain and peel. In a bowl, blend the 2 tablespoons of softened butter with the flour to form a paste.

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Water

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Transfer the pork to a plate. Strain the cooking liquid and return to the casserole; boil until reduced to 2 cups, 4 minutes.

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Pork

Whisk 1/2 cup of the cooking liquid into the flour paste until smooth, then whisk the mixture into the cooking liquid. Simmer over moderately high heat, whisking, until thickened. Simmer over low heat, stirring, until no floury taste remains, 5 minutes. Stir in the chopped thyme and season with salt and pepper. Return the pork and its juices to the casserole and add the pearl onions. Cover and bring just to a simmer, turning the pork a few times in the sauce to heat it up.

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Pearl Onion

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Thyme

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Whisk

In a skillet, melt the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter.

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Add the grapes and cook over moderately high heat, shaking the skillet, until the skins start to burst. Thickly slice the pork and transfer to plates. Spoon the sauce, pearl onions and grapes on top; serve.

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Grapes