Beer Braised Pork With Vegs & Bacon
- ingredients:
- 8 ounces smoked bacon
- 2 1/2 - 3 pounds pork tenderloin, can use a pork shoulder if desired
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried sage
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1*2 dashes Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 Large Onion, coarsely chopped
- 3-4 Ribs Celery, coarsely chopped
- 6 ounces Pearl Onions - optional as it depends on your tastebuds
- 4-6 Large Garlic Cloves, halved
- 1 Beer, sam adams or yuengling
- 1 1/2 - 2 cups Beef Broth
- 6-8 Yellow Potatoes, cleaned, unpeeled, quartered
- 3-4 large Carrots, cut into 1" pieces
- 2-3 tablespoons Flour
- 2 tablespoons butter
- sea salt & pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup Flat-leaf Parsley, chopped -can Use 1-2 Teaspoons Dry Parsley Flakes) Optional
- directions:
- Heat oven to 350*F. rnCook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat, until browned and slightly crisp. rnDrain on paper towels. Reserve drippings in skillet.
- Brown pork in the bacon drippings over medium-high heat 6-8 mins or until browned on all sides. rnPlace pork in roasting pan. Reserve 2 teaspoons of the drippings in skillet; discard remaining drippings. rnSprinkle pork with the salt, sage and pepper
- Saute onion, celery, pearl onions, potatoes, carrots, and garlic in the drippings with the olive oil over medium heat 3-5 mins., stirring occasionally. Scatter around pork.
- Add beer to skillet, boil over high heat 2 mins or until reduced to 3/4 cup, stirring to scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet. Add broth, bring to a boil. Pour around pork, cover tightly with foil - if don't have a cover for your roaster.
- Bake 2 1/2 - 3 hours or until pork is fork tender. rnRemove Pork and vegetables to a large serving platter. rnCover with tin foil to keep heat in as you make the gravy to go along with pork and vegetables.
- In the same skillet that you browned the vegetables, melt the 2 tablespoons butter , add the flour and cook about 1-2 mins. Pour all the juices from the roaster in skillet; bring the sauce up to a bubble. Season with salt and pepper to taste and simmer until thickened, 2-3 minutes. Stir the parsley into the finished sauce.
ingredients, bacon, pork tenderloin, salt, sage, freshly ground pepper, extra virgin olive oil, worcestershire sauce, onion, celery, onions, garlic, yuengling, beef broth, potatoes, carrots, flour, butter, salt, parsley, directions
Taken from food52.com/recipes/25909-beer-braised-pork-with-vegs-bacon (may not work)