WINE WITH PORK LOIN RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350° Season the pork roast lightly with salt and generously with pepper, rubbing the seasonings into the meat. In an enameled cast-iron casserole just large enough to hold the roast, heat the oil until shimmering. Add the roast and cook over moderate heat until well browned all over. Transfer the roast to a large plate.
• Add the salt pork to the casserole and cook over low heat until softened but not browned. Add the onions, garlic, carrots and celery and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are very tender, about 20 minutes. Add the wine, bay leaves, sage and thyme and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat.
• Carefully set the roast, fat side up, in the casserole. Cover and bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Turn the roast, and if there is very little liquid left in the pan, add 1/2 cup of water or more to keep the vegetables moistened. Bake for about 20 minutes longer, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center of the roast registers 150°.
• Transfer the roast to a carving board, discard the strings and cover loosely with foil. If the pan juices are thin, boil them over high heat until thickened. Season with salt and pepper. Slice the roast and serve with the vegetables.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Sprinkle pork evenly with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large ovenproof skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high.
• Add pork to pan; cook over medium-high, undisturbed, until golden brown on one side, about 3 minutes. Turn pork. Repeat until each side is browned, about 12 minutes. Remove pork from skillet, and set aside.
• Add mushrooms, onions, and garlic to pan; cook over medium-high, stirring often, until liquid from mushrooms has released and evaporated, about 8 minutes. Add wine; cook, scraping up browned bits from bottom of pan, until wine is reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add stock, rosemary, and thyme; cook, undisturbed, 3 minutes. Return pork to pan. Cover, transfer to preheated oven, and roast until a thermometer inserted in thickest portion of meat registers 130°F, about 30 minutes.
• Remove pan from oven. Transfer pork to a cutting board; let rest 5 minutes. Meanwhile, add orange peel strips to mushroom mixture in pan. Bring to a boil over medium-high; boil until sauce has slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Discard orange peel strips, rosemary, and thyme.
• Remove and discard twine from pork. Slice pork against the grain. Serve over polenta with mushroom mixture.