Roast Rack of Pork with Caramelized Maple Onions
- 1 (2-pound) pork rack with 4 bones attached
- Salt and black pepper
- 2 ounces olive oil
- 3 yellow onions, sliced
- 1 -inch fresh ginger, crushed
- 1/2 stick cinnamon
- 1 star anise
- 3 tablespoons sweet butter
- 4 tablespoons maple sugar
- 3 1/3 cups apple cider
- Season both sides of rack with salt and pepper 20 minutes before cooking.
- Sear in heavy saute pan with olive oil until rack is well caramelized.
- Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In same pan, add sliced onions, ginger, cinnamon, star anise and butter.
- Slowly cook until onions are well caramelized.
- Add maple sugar and cook for 2 minutes.
- Deglaze with cider, adjust salt and pepper to taste and reduce until a glaze forms.
- Completely cover rack with half of onion compote.
- Transfer to roasting pan and place in oven.
- Cook at 20 minutes per pound or until internal temperature is 150 degrees F. Halfway through cooking time, pour over remaining half of onion compote.
- Remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
- Discard the cinnamon stick and star anise.
pork rack, salt, olive oil, yellow onions, ginger, cinnamon, anise, sweet butter, maple sugar, apple cider
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/roast-rack-of-pork-with-caramelized-maple-onions-recipe.html (may not work)