milk-braised pork with garlic and onion sauce

Recipe by
Carolyn Haas
Whitewater, WI

Very old and traditional method of cooking pork loin on the Azorean Island of Pico. Milk is a wonderful tenderizer for pork! Taken from Authentic Portuguese Cooking by Ana Ortins

yield 6 serving(s)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 2 Hr
method Roast

Ingredients For milk-braised pork with garlic and onion sauce

  • FOR THE ROAST
  • 3 lb
    boneless pork roast or pork fillet
  • 1 Tbsp
    kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp
    ground white pepper
  • 2 clove
    garlic, smashed
  • 2 Tbsp
    butter
  • 1
    bay leaf
  • 3 c
    milk - more or less as needed
  • FOR THE ONION SAUCE
  • 2 Tbsp
    butter
  • 1 md
    onion, sliced
  • 2 Tbsp
    cornstarch
  • 2 Tbsp
    water
  • 1/2 tsp
    ground nutmeg

How To Make milk-braised pork with garlic and onion sauce

  • 1
    MAKE THE ROAST Preheat oven to 350ºF. Season roast all over with salt and pepper. Put meat in a small roasting pan with garlic, butter and bay leaf. Pour in enough milk to almost cover meat, about 3/4 way up the side of the roast.
  • 2
    Place pan in preheated oven. Periodically, as meat sticking out of milk browns, turn meat to submerge the brown part. Continue until all surface of meat is browned. Cook until internal temp reaches 150ºF, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
  • 3
    Transfer roast to a cutting board. Cover and let rest and make onion sauce.
  • 4
    MAKE THE SAUCE Melt butter in small skillet over medium-high heat.Add onions and sauté until golden, about 5 to 7 minutes. Reduce heat.
  • 5
    Measure out and pour milk from roasting pan into the onions to measure 2 cups (add extra milk if needed). In a small bowl, mix cornstarch, water and nutmeg then stir into milk. Bring milk almost to a boil and continue stirring until milk thickens somewhat, about 5 minutes.
  • 6
    SERVING Slice pork put on serving platter. Ladle some of sauce over pork and serve with extra sauce on the side.

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