pork with cherry tomato & balsamic vinegar sauce


9 comments so far...

StevieB March 16, 2008, 05:20 PM
Pork cooked pink? Is that safe? Or maybe my monitor is making the meat look more red than it really is!
dhania March 16, 2008, 05:34 PM
yes, pink, and yes, definitely safe. That's the way really good pork ought to be cooked. Overdone meat just makes me gag...

fwiw, this was browned in a skillet for 15 minutes and went into the oven for another 15 at around 100°C, as long as the core temp is high enough no need to worry.

kodaky March 17, 2008, 02:48 PM
it looks good
what is the sauce recipe?
StevieB March 17, 2008, 07:46 PM
I agree with you entirely that meat in general should be under rather than over cooked. But I've been so schooled to think of under-done pork as dangerous that I really think I might have difficulty in overcoming that prejudice!
dhania March 17, 2008, 07:49 PM
while searing the pork in the pan/skillet, sprinkle with a blend of balsamic vinegar and white wine (about 2 tbsp each, a few splashes every few minutes), transfer pork to oven on a warm plate, cover, add a minced shallot to the pan, sauté, add a little oregano and thyme and a small can of chopped tomatoes (I had a 400 g can of Italian date tomatoes). The pork needs about 15 minutes in the oven at 100°C, and the sauce needs to simmer for the same amount of time; season with s+p.
kodaky March 17, 2008, 09:37 PM
thanks Dhania!
dhania March 18, 2008, 03:35 PM
StevieB: I grew up with people here feasting on "Mettbrötchen", i.e. a roll with fresh raw pork sausage and onions on top, and afaik no one acquired food poisoning from this over the last few decades, so I am a bit more relaxed when it comes to pinkish pork (as opposed to poultry... )
StevieB March 18, 2008, 04:40 PM
@Dhania: Raw pork sausage? I think the average health inspector in England would faint at the very thought! Here we've always been told, not that raw pork would give you salmonella like poultry might, but that you might get a worm infection or other parasite. I still think I'd find it difficult to throw off all that indoctrination...
Philipp Mertens March 18, 2008, 07:16 PM
looks delicious and Ich liebe Mettbrötchen




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