Prepare to tantalize your taste buds with a culinary journey into the realm of succulent roast pork, where flavors dance harmoniously with fennel, chiles, and olives. This delectable dish, a symphony of Mediterranean influences, promises an explosion of tastes that will leave you craving more. Embark on a sensory adventure as you explore variations of this classic recipe, each offering a unique twist on the traditional. Discover the secrets behind infusing pork with aromatic fennel, the perfect balance of heat from chiles, and the briny delight of olives. Along the way, you'll uncover tips for achieving crispy skin, juicy meat, and a medley of flavorful accompaniments. Whether you prefer a classic preparation or a more adventurous fusion, this article holds the key to unlocking a world of culinary possibilities.
Here are our top 12 tried and tested recipes!
FOREVER ROASTED PORK
Provided by Michael Chiarello : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 9h20m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring pork to room temperature by removing it from refrigerator 1 to 2 hours before cooking.
- Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat until hot. Add the onions, cover pan, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until light brown, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the sage and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the onions cease throwing off water, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat, allow to cool on plate.
- Peel back the pork skin, and spread a good amount of the fennel spice and add the onions directly on the fat layer. Fold the skin back over the onions and tie closed with kitchen string. Season well all over with the remaining fennel spice.
- Arrange the meat on a rack in a casserole pan lined with foil, drizzle with more olive oil and cook until the meat is very tender, about 8 hours. It is ready when it pulls away easily if picked at with a pair of tongs. It is often easiest to cook the meat overnight, or put it in the oven in the morning and let it cook all day. It does not need to be attended.
- Put the fennel seeds, coriander seeds, and peppercorns in a heavy pan over medium heat. Watch carefully, tossing frequently so the seeds toast evenly. When light brown and fragrant, pour the seeds onto a plate to cool. They must be cool before grinding, or they will gum up the blades.
- Pour the seeds into a blender and add the salt. Blend to a fine powder, shaking the blender occasionally to redistribute the seeds. Store in a tightly sealed glass jar in a cool, dry place, or freeze.
ROAST LOIN OF PORK WITH FENNEL
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- With a mortar and pestle, or in a food processor fitted with a steel blade, grind together the garlic, 1 tablespoon salt, and thyme leaves. Add the mustard. Spread the mixture over the loin of pork and allow it to sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cut the fennel bulbs in thick wedges, cutting through the core. Toss the fennel, carrots, potatoes, and onions in a bowl with the olive oil, melted butter, salt, and pepper to taste. Place the vegetables in a large roasting pan and cook for 30 minutes. Add the pork loin to the pan and continue to cook for another 30 to 50 minutes, or until a meat thermometer inserted into the middle of the pork reads exactly 138 degrees. Remove the meat from the pan and return the vegetables to the oven to keep cooking. Cover the meat with aluminum foil and allow it to rest for 15 minutes. Remove the strings from the meat and slice it thickly. Arrange the meat and vegetables on a platter. Sprinkle with salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. Serve warm.
ROAST PORK WITH FENNEL, CHILES, AND OLIVES
Boneless pork loin is crusted with a fennel, coriander, and black peppercorn rub. Fennel wedges, Italian cherry peppers, and olives are given a quick turn in the oven, then served alongside the juicy meat.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Pork Recipes
Time 1h45m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Rub pork all over with salt. Coarsely grind seeds and peppercorns in a spice grinder or with a mortar and pestle; rub all over pork. Bring pork to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Rub pork with oil to coat generously. Roast until sizzling, about 20 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 375 degrees. Baste pork, and roast until center reaches 145 degrees, about 30 minutes more. Let pork rest 15 minutes before slicing. Meanwhile, toss fennel and chiles with just enough oil to coat; season with salt and pepper. Spread in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet; roast until tender and lightly browned on bottom, 25 to 30 minutes. Add olives, and roast until hot, about 5 minutes. Toss together; serve with pork.
LOIN OF PORK WITH FENNEL AND GARLIC
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Allow the pork to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Place the pork, fat side up, in a roasting pan just large enough to hold it comfortably. In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade process the garlic, rosemary, lemon zest, and fennel seeds until roughly chopped. Add the olive oil, mustard, salt and pepper and process until it forms a smooth paste. Rub the paste on top of the pork and roast for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, or until the internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F. Remove from the oven, transfer to a cutting board, and cover with aluminum foil. Allow to sit for 20 minutes, then remove the strings, slice between the bones and serve warm.
PORK WITH FENNEL AND POTATOES
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories main-dish
Time 40m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Halve the pork tenderloin crosswise; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon thyme and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the pork and cook, turning, until browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a roasting pan; roast until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the pork registers 140 degrees F, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the fennel, garlic, potatoes, wine and 1 cup water; season with salt and pepper. Stir, then cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are almost tender, 15 minutes.
- Uncover and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes. Add the broth and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon thyme. Simmer until slightly reduced, 1 minute. Add the cream; increase the heat and gently boil until slightly thickened, about 1 more minute. Season with salt and pepper. Slice the pork and serve with the vegetables and sauce. Top with parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 482 calorie, Fat 24 grams, SaturatedFat 10 grams, Cholesterol 137 milligrams, Sodium 366 milligrams, Carbohydrate 25 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 38 grams
POT-ROASTED PORK IN WHITE WINE WITH GARLIC, FENNEL, AND ROSEMARY
This pork recipe takes me about 5 minutes to prepare and get in the oven, so it's nice and quick, as well as being unbelievably light, fresh and tasty. Also, pot-roasting the pork as opposed to straight roasting gives you a lovely natural sauce made with the meat juices and the wine.
Provided by Jamie Oliver
Categories main-dish
Time 1h20m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- With 2 or 3 bits of string, tie up your pork loin, do this any way you like. It doesn't have to be fussy, you just want to keep the meat in a snug shape while it's cooking. Season generously with salt and pepper, then roll the meat in the fennel seeds until covered.
- In a casserole pan or roasting tray, fry the meat for a couple of minutes in half the butter and a little olive oil, until nice and golden.
- Throw in the garlic, herbs, fennel, and wine, then cover the tray loosely with some wet greaseproof paper and cook until an inserted meat thermometer reaches 150 degrees F. As the pork loin is off the bone it cooks very quickly. Remove from the oven and allow the meat to rest on a plate. Then, without using any more heat, finish off your sauce in the pan, scraping any goodness off the bottom and adding the rest of the butter. Remove any large bits.
TUSCAN ROAST PORK WITH FENNEL
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 2h45m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Toss the garlic, chopped rosemary, 1 tablespoon salt and the red pepper flakes in a small bowl. Make 3/4-inch-deep cuts between the rib bones of the pork. Stuff some of the garlic mixture into each cut. Rub the lemon halves over the pork, then rub with the remaining garlic mixture. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Bring the pork to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Position a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. Cut each fennel bulb in half, then cut each half into wedges. Scatter the fennel and rosemary sprigs in a medium roasting pan (it's best if the roast fits snugly in the pan). Place the pork in the roasting pan on top of the fennel, fat side up, and roast until a thermometer inserted into the center of the pork registers 145 degrees F, about 1 hour, 45 minutes. Transfer the pork to a platter or cutting board and cover loosely with foil; let rest 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, turn the fennel wedges and return the pan to the oven. Continue roasting until the fennel is caramelized, about 15 minutes. Cut the pork into chops and serve with the fennel.
BRAISED PORK ROAST WITH OLIVES
Provided by Florence Fabricant
Categories dinner, roasts, main course
Time 1h15m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Place oil over medium-high heat in a 4- to 5-quart Dutch oven or stovetop casserole. Add pork and sear on all sides until lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Remove meat.
- Add garlic and onions; sauté over medium-low heat until soft. Add bay leaves; deglaze pan with vinegar. Add port and stock. Season meat with salt and pepper; return to pot.
- Place over very low heat and cook, basting occasionally, 40 to 45 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer reads 140 degrees. Add a little more stock if liquid cooks down too fast. Remove meat to a platter to rest 15 to 20 minutes; temperature will rise to 150 to 155 degrees.
- Reheat sauce and add olives and parsley. Adjust seasoning as needed.
- Slice meat and cut ribs apart. Arrange all on a platter, spoon sauce over and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 799, UnsaturatedFat 35 grams, Carbohydrate 7 grams, Fat 64 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 42 grams, SaturatedFat 20 grams, Sodium 825 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 1 gram
FENNEL SEED SPIKED PORK ROAST
I have often served a fennel salad with a pork chop, and decided: let's kick it up a notch. Thus the birth of this dish. Roast for 40 minutes per pound.
Provided by wsf
Categories Main Dish Recipes Pork Pork Roast Recipes
Time 5h20m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Toast the fennel seed, rosemary, thyme, and peppercorns in a heavy pan over medium-low heat until strongly fragrant and the fennel seeds are lightly browned, 1 to 3 minutes. Do not let the spices burn! Place the toasted spices, sea salt, garlic, and ouzo into a mortar and pestle or spice grinder, and grind to a paste. Score the fat layer of the pork roast with a sharp knife; rub the spice paste all over the roast.
- Spread the sliced onions and fennel into the bottom of a large roasting pan; pour enough water into the pan to just cover the vegetables. Place the roast on top of the onions and fennel with the fat layer facing upward.
- Roast in the preheated oven until the pork is tender, 5 to 6 hours (or about 40 minutes per pound). An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 185 degrees F (85 degrees C). Add extra water if needed during roasting to prevent the onions and fennel from burning.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 252 calories, Carbohydrate 3.3 g, Cholesterol 75.1 mg, Fat 16.6 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 20.6 g, SaturatedFat 6.1 g, Sodium 285.2 mg, Sugar 1 g
ROASTED PORK, FENNEL, AND ONIONS
Great for big feasts! Olive oil can be substituted for butter, if you'd rather eat olive oil than butter.
Provided by Christine L.
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork
Time 1h50m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1/2 cup sage. Cook and stir until leaves are slightly crisp, about 1 minute. Remove leaves with a slotted spoon, and drain on paper towels. Cool, wrap in paper towels, and seal in a plastic bag. Set aside. Reserve the butter.
- Mix the pepper and cumin in a small bowl. Rinse roast and pat dry; rub evenly with the pepper and cumin. Tuck remaining 1/2 cup sage leaves under the strings on the smooth (fattiest) side of the roast. Set the pork, herb side up, on a rack in a roasting pan.
- Spread olive oil in the bottom of a medium baking dish. Thickly slice fennel and place in the dish. Toss to coat with the olive oil, and drizzle with 3/4 cup orange juice. Place onions in the dish cut side down.
- Place roast on the center rack in the preheated oven. Place fennel and onions on lower rack. Bake the pork and vegetables 1 hour, or until pork reaches a minimum internal temperature of 145 degrees F (63 degrees C) and vegetables are tender. Turn fennel once during bake time. Reserving drippings, transfer meat to a platter and keep warm; let stand at least 10 minutes. Keep the vegetables warm in the baking dish.
- Place the roasting pan with reserved drippings over high heat on the stove top, and mix in the reserved butter from Step 1, the remaining 3/4 cup orange juice, stock, and vinegar. Bring to a boil, and stir to scrape up any browned bits in the pan. Cook, stirring often, 10 minutes, or until reduced by about 1/2.
- Arrange onions and fennel around the pork. Garnish with fennel tops, sprinkle with the fried sage leaves, and season with salt to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 310.5 calories, Carbohydrate 14.7 g, Cholesterol 72.6 mg, Fat 17.4 g, Fiber 3.3 g, Protein 23.9 g, SaturatedFat 6.2 g, Sodium 152.4 mg, Sugar 5.4 g
ROASTED PORK TENDERLOIN WITH FENNEL AND GARLIC
Pork and fennel are a distinctive Italian pairing of sweet and mild. Roasted side by side on a single baking sheet, they get deliciously caramelized.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Pork Recipes
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 475 degrees. On a large rimmed baking sheet, toss garlic, fennel, and 2 tablespoons oil; season with salt and pepper. Roast 10 minutes.
- Rub pork with remaining tablespoon oil; season with oregano, salt, and pepper. Remove baking sheet from oven, and push fennel and garlic to sides of sheet. Place pork in center, and roast 20 to 25 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted in thickest part registers 145 degrees.
- Transfer pork to a cutting board, and let rest at least 5 minutes before thinly slicing. Serve pork with fennel and garlic.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 442 g, Fat 18 g, Fiber 7 g, Protein 49 g
SLOW-ROASTED PORK WITH FENNEL & BLACK PEPPER
Succulent, slow-cooked pork served with braised beans and salad makes a treat of a Sunday lunch
Provided by Mary Cadogan
Categories Main course
Time 6h
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Cut the string from the joint and unroll it. Flatten out as much as possible, cutting through any thick pieces if necessary to give you an even thickness of meat. Mix the garlic, fennel, pepper, rosemary, bay and 1 tsp salt. Sprinkle evenly over all sides of the pork and massage it in. Place on a platter, cover loosely with foil and chill for at least 4 hrs or up to 24 hrs.
- Re-roll the joint and tie at intervals along its length with string. Bring to room temp an hr before roasting and heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Roast the pork in a roasting tin for 2 hrs, basting occasionally and adding the wine after 1 hr. Remove from the oven, transfer to a platter and pour over the pan juices. Cover tightly with foil and leave to rest for 15 mins. Serve with beans (see 'Goes well with') and salad (see below).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 436 calories, Fat 26 grams fat, SaturatedFat 10 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 3 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 2 grams sugar, Protein 44 grams protein, Sodium 0.94 milligram of sodium
Tips:
- Choose the right cut of pork: For this recipe, a bone-in pork shoulder roast is recommended. It's a flavorful and affordable cut that will become tender and juicy when roasted.
- Don't overcrowd the pan: Make sure there is enough space between the pork roast and the vegetables to allow for even cooking.
- Roast the pork at a high temperature initially: This will help to create a crispy outer crust and lock in the juices.
- Reduce the heat and continue roasting: After the initial high-temperature roast, reduce the heat and continue cooking the pork until it reaches an internal temperature of 145°F (63°C).
- Let the pork rest before slicing: This will help the juices redistribute throughout the meat, resulting in a more tender and flavorful roast.
Conclusion:
This delicious and flavorful roast pork dish is perfect for a special occasion or a weeknight meal. The combination of fennel, chiles, and olives adds a unique and delicious flavor to the pork, and the roasting process results in a tender and juicy roast. Serve this dish with roasted vegetables or mashed potatoes for a complete meal.
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