Roasted Double Cut Pork Chop Marinated In Pomegranate With Braised Mustard Greens And Turnips Recipes

ROASTED MEATBALLS WITH GARLIC BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F with rack at center. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• For the meatballs: Pour breadcrumbs in a small bowl, add a few grates of nutmeg and douse well with milk. Toss and let the milk absorb.
• Place the meats in a large mixing bowl, season with salt and pepper, combine them and make a well. Rip off some parsley tops and finely chop; add to meats. Peel garlic. Grate in garlic with plane or chop by hand into meats. Pour in cheeses, sprinkle on fennel and red pepper flakes. Add egg and EVOO. Roll up sleeves, take off your jewelry. Combine the mixture and quarter the meat. Form each quarter portion into 2 large balls and place on parchment; roast 15 to 18 minutes.
• For the sauce: Meanwhile, in a medium Dutch oven or a deep cast-iron skillet heat EVOO, 2 turns of the pan, and melt butter into oil. When it foams, grate in garlic and stir 1 minute. Add canned tomatoes and passata. Break up tomatoes with spoon and bring to a bubble. Stir in basil leaves. Reduce heat on sauce a bit and let it bubble away 15 minutes, breaking sauce up with a paddle or spoon occasionally. Add salt and sugar if needed.
• For the garlic bread: While sauce and meatballs are cooking, heat EVOO, 2 turns of the pan, in a small pot or pan over medium heat and melt butter into it. Crush and grate garlic into butter and remove from heat. Split bread and add to oven a rack below the meatballs. Toast 5 minutes. Remove and brush with all the garlic and oil, top with cheese and chop a little parsley to sprinkle on top. Return to oven, warm another 3 minutes to set, remove.
• Remove meatballs from oven, drop into sauce and let them roll!
• Serve meatballs in rimmed plates or shallow bowls and add cut garlic bread for the mopping.

GRATED VEGETABLE PATTIES WITH POMEGRANATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a large bowl, to the grated vegetables, add the eggs, flour and seasonings. Combine well. Turn mixture into a greased and floured cake pan and bake about 1 1/2 hours, or until patty is crusty brown. Cut into slices and serve with Pomegranate Sauce.
• POMEGRANATE SAUCE: In a saucepan, cook all ingredients over high heat 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer about 10 minutes until sauce reduces, add cornstarch and water to thicken.

PASTELLES

Steps:

• Make the corn dough: Combine the cornmeal, coconut sugar and sea salt in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Turn the mixer speed to low and pour in 3 1/2 cups water, then the melted butter. Once the mixture starts to come together, increase the speed to medium and mix 5 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap, touching the surface of the dough, and set aside, 1 hour.
• Turn out the dough onto a work surface and divide into 24 equal-size balls, around the size of an ice cream scoop. Place the dough balls on a baking sheet; cover with a damp towel to prevent them from drying out.
• Make the filling: While the dough rests, heat a large rondeau pan or large pot over high heat. Add the vegetable oil, then the beef and pork. Cook until half-cooked, finely breaking up the meat with a potato masher, about 3 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium high, then add the onion and cook, stirring, until soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute. Add the thyme, oregano and Thai chiles and cook 1 minute. Add the olives, raisins, chicken stock, tomato paste, capers and Worcestershire sauce; simmer over medium heat until almost fully reduced and the meat is a paste-like consistency. Season with salt and let cool completely.
• Assemble the pastelles: Cover your prep surface with several layers of newspaper (this can be a messy job). Using an 8-inch pastelle/tortilla press, place a 16-inch-long piece of foil on the bottom of the press. Place a banana leaf on the foil and lightly coat with vegetable oil. Place a dough ball on top, rolling the ball over the leaf to coat it in oil. Brush another square of foil with vegetable oil and place on top of the dough ball. Press the dough using the pastelle/tortilla press until flat. Remove the top square of foil and save it to reuse.
• Transfer the bottom piece of foil, banana leaf and flattened dough to a work surface. Place 2 heaping tablespoons of the filling on half of the dough, making sure to leave a 1/2-inch border of dough. Fold the uncovered dough over the meat into a half-moon using the banana leaf and foil. Press the edges to seal. Wrap in the banana leaf, then the foil, to seal into a rectangular package. Repeat with the rest of the dough and filling.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add as many pastelles as you want to the water. Boil until fully cooked, about 20 minutes. Remove from the water with tongs and set aside until cool enough to handle, about 2 minutes.
• Make the avocado-cilantro root puree: Put the avocado, lemon juice and cilantro root in a food processor and pulse until very smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a nonreactive bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Serve the pastelles hot with the avocado-cilantro root puree.