Make Ahead Curry Sauce For Meatloaf Or Pork Roast Recipes

POT ROAST MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine milk, ketchup, cracker crumbs, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Add ground beef. Shape meat mixture into an 8x4-in. oval; place in a 13x9-in. baking dish. Place the onions, potatoes, carrots and green pepper around the loaf. , Cover and bake at 350° for 1-1/4 hours. Uncover; bake 15 minutes longer or until a thermometer inserted in meat loaf reads 160°. Garnish vegetables with parsley., Freeze option: Securely wrap and freeze cooled meat loaf in foil. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Unwrap meat loaf and place in a greased shallow baking pan. Reheat meat loaf in a preheated 350° oven until heated through and a thermometer inserted in center reads 165°. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

MAKE-AHEAD OVEN-ROASTED PULLED PORK

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. In 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish, place pork fat side up. Make (20) 1-inch slits in the fat, and tuck a clove of garlic into each. Rub all over with oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper; rub into meat.
• Cover tightly with foil. Roast 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 hours, or until meat thermometer inserted in center of roast reads 190°F. Remove from oven; let rest until cool enough to handle, about 30 minutes.
• Shred meat with two forks, discarding garlic as you go. Toss shredded pork in some of the pan juices (if any) to coat. Divide pork into 2-cup portions. Place each portion in freezer container or resealable freezer plastic bag. Label with date. Cover and refrigerate until completely cooled, at least an hour. Transfer to freezer; freeze up to 3 months.

BASIC CURRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil and margarine in a small skillet or wok over medium high heat. Add onion and saute until very brown, 10 to 15 minutes. (Note: This is an important step; if onion is not cooked well, sauce will taste funny.)
• Add ginger and garlic to onion and saute for an additional 2 minutes. Process onion/ginger/garlic mixture in food processor until smooth. Do not rinse food processor.
• Place onion mixture in a large saucepan. Stir in the cinnamon, black pepper, coriander, cumin, turmeric and cayenne pepper and cook over low heat until mixture is thick and has the consistency of a paste.
• Puree tomatoes, chile peppers and cilantro in food processor until smooth. Add to onion mixture and stir well over low heat, cooking off moisture from tomatoes and cilantro. Add yogurt a little bit at a time, stirring constantly to avoid curdling.
• Blend the whole mixture in food processor to puree it (for a very smooth sauce). Return to saucepan, add water and increase heat to high; bring sauce to a rolling boil. Cover saucepan and boil for 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer until desired consistency is reached.
• To serve with meat, cook the meat first separately, then simmer for 5 to 10 minutes in the sauce before serving over rice or with bread. To serve with vegetables, steam raw veggies first 4 to 5 minutes, then simmer for 5 to 10 minutes in the sauce before serving.

MAKE-AHEAD CHINESE PORK

Steps:

• Up to a day ahead, and when you have 15 minutes to spare, prepare the ingredients and toss them all, except for the sliced spring onion tops, together in a large pan. Cover the pan with its lid and refrigerate until you're ready to eat.
• Pour 600ml/1 pint of boiling water over the pork and vegetables and give everything a good stir. Cover the pan and bring to the boil. Stir and cover again and simmer gently for 10 minutes until the vegetables are tender and the pork is cooked. (The dish can now be chilled and then frozen for up to 1 month). Just before serving, stir in the spring onion tops. Ladle into bowls with rice or noodles.

MAKE AHEAD POT ROAST WITH CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Brown meat slowly on all sides in oil in Dutch oven.
• Season generously with salt and pepper and add broth.
• Cover and simmer for about 3 hours or until meat is very tender.
• Remove meat from pan, let rest for 20 minutes, then slice thin.
• Do not use pan juices.
• For sauce, melt butter until it bubbles and browns slightly.
• Add cream, garlic, lemon juice and salt and pepper.
• Cook over medium heat for about 3 minutes.
• Spoon half of sauce in a glass 9 x 13 baking dish.
• Arrange meat slices overlapping in the sauce.
• Pour the remaining sauce over the top and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Allow dish to set out for 30 minutes before baking.
• Heat through at 350° for about 30 minutes.

MAKE-AHEAD CHICKEN-PARMESAN MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Place 3/4 cup mozzarella and 1/2 cup pasta sauce in separate freezer-weight containers; place in freezer. Mix remaining mozzarella and pasta sauce with all remaining ingredients just until blended; shape into 4 loaves. Place on baking sheet. Freeze 1 hour or until firm.
• Transfer meatloaves to large freezer-weight resealable plastic bag. Freeze up to 1 month.
• When Ready to Serve
• Heat oven to 375�F. Place (frozen) meatloaves in 9-inch square baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 45 min. or until done (165�F).
• Meanwhile, transfer (frozen) mozzarella and pasta sauce to separate microwaveable containers. Microwave on MEDIUM-LOW (30%) 2 to 3 min. or just until thawed.
• Top meatloaves with pasta sauce and mozzarella; bake 3 to 4 min. or until mozzarella is melted.

CURRIED MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Combine first 10 ingredients. Add ground beef; mix well. Pat meat mixture into a 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake until no pink remains, 60-75 minutes.

MAKE AHEAD CURRY SAUCE FOR MEATLOAF OR PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Saute onion and carrot in butter until softened.
• Add flour and cook until flour taste is gone or until it is just about to turn brown.
• Add milk and make a medium-thick sauce, stirring constantly.
• Add mushrooms, salt and curry powder to taste.
• Cover and let simmer until mushrooms are cooked.
• Refrigerate until dinner time.
• You can add more milk when you reheat if the sauce is too thick, but if heated in a covered pan I doubt you'll need to add more liquid.
• Add a good dose of wine and let simmer -- be careful, you don't want to overpower the curry and other flavors.
• Place meat in center of platter and pour sauce over top and drizzle down the sides.
• Sprinkle fresh parsley and almond slivers over the top.
• Around the meat arrange broccoli flowerettes, thick slices of carrot, and small boiled potatoes.
• So-o elegant!