Pork loin braised in milk is a classic comfort food dish that has been enjoyed for centuries. The tender, juicy pork and the rich, flavorful sauce make this dish a favorite among many. There are many different ways to prepare this dish, but all of them involve braising the pork loin in milk for several hours until it is fall-apart tender. This article will provide you with a few of the best recipes for pork loin braised in milk, so you can find the perfect one to satisfy your taste buds.
Here are our top 10 tried and tested recipes!
PORK LOIN BRAISED IN MILK
Milk does double duty in this dish: It makes pork loins nice and tender and serves as a creamy gravy.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Pork Recipes
Time 1h5m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large (12-inch) skillet over medium heat. Season pork chops on both sides with salt and pepper. Working in batches, if necessary, sear until brown on both sides, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer pork to a large plate or baking sheet.
- Pour off fat from skillet, and return to low heat. Return pork and any accumulated juices to skillet; add milk and thyme sprigs. Bring to a boil over high heat; cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer until pork is cooked through and tender, turning once, about 45 minutes.
- Transfer pork to a serving platter, and cover with aluminum foil to keep warm. Return skillet to medium-high heat, and bring remaining liquid to a boil. Whisk together cornstarch and the water in a small bowl; whisk into liquid in skillet, and boil 1 minute. Transfer mixture to a blender or food processor. Add thyme leaves, and puree until smooth. Pour sauce over pork, and serve immediately.
ITALIAN PORK LOIN BRAISED IN MILK
Provided by Roz
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a large, deep, heavy pan, melt the olive oil and butter on low (do not burn).
- Add the garlic,onion, and pancetta and saute' for a minute or two (still on a low temperature setting).
- Do not trim the fat off of the pork loin.
- Generously (very generously) sprinkle sea salt all over the pork loin.
- Sprinkle black pepper all over the pork loin.
- Place the pork loin in the pan, fat side down and brown it thoroughly on all four sides on a low-temperature setting.
- Do not burn the olive oil and garlic!
- When browned nicely, add the hot milk, hot cream, capers, sage and lemon zest.
- Taste the sauce . . . add more salt to taste preferences.
- Partially cover the pan.
- Simmer on the a low-medium setting on the stove for 1-1/2 to 2 hours, turning the pork loin over occasionally.
- The milk sauce will bubble up, so stir it occasionally.
- Continually pour some of the sauce (baste) over the pork as it simmers.
- The color of the sauce should turn to a golden brown color; if not turn up the heat a little for a few minutes at the end.
- Taste the sauce and add more salt if necessary.
- After cooking time is finished, remove the pork.
- Thickly slice the pork and place it on individual plates.
- Pour the creamy, curdled sauce over the pork.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
SUNNY'S COCONUT MILK BRAISED PORK LOIN
Provided by Sunny Anderson
Categories main-dish
Time 3h50m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- For the rub and pork: In a small bowl, mix the paprika, smoked salt, onion powder and a few grinds of pepper. Rub the pork on all sides with the blend. Let the pork rest at room temperature for 1 hour.
- In a large Dutch oven on high heat, add the butter and olive oil. Once it begins to swirl, add the pork and allow it to sit and sear to a deep golden brown, then rotate and repeat on all sides, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Don't forget the ends!
- For the pot: Add the apricots around the edges of the pork and cook while moving around for a minute. Add the thyme, garlic, rosemary and enough coconut milk to reach three-quarters of the way up the sides of the loin. Bring to a boil, then lower to a very low simmer and cover. Cook for 1 hour, then flip the loin and cook until tender, another hour.
- Remove the loin to a plate and cover with aluminum foil for 10 minutes before slicing into 1-inch-thick slices.
- For the gravy: Remove the herbs from the pot and raise the heat to reduce the coconut milk to a gravy consistency. Taste and season with salt if needed. Stir in the parsley and lime juice, and spoon over the pork slices.
MILK-BRAISED PORK LOIN
When a pork loin is braised in milk Bolognese-style, the meat becomes tender and very finely textured. The milk (here, aided by cream) morphs into a luxurious sauce.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Time 1h30m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Season pork with 1 tablespoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed pot (it should be just large enough to fit pork) over medium-high heat. Add pork, fat side down, and sear, turning as it browns, until browned on all sides, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Drain fat from pot and wipe out any blackened bits.
- Tie together sage, rosemary, and bay leaves into a bouquet with kitchen twine. Melt butter in pot over medium heat. Add herbs, garlic, and lemon zest and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Return pork, fat side up, to pot, along with any accumulated juices. Pour milk and cream over pork, raise heat to medium-high, and bring to a simmer. Partially cover pot, reduce heat, and simmer, undisturbed, until a thermometer inserted into thickest part of pork registers 140 degrees, about 1 hour.
- Transfer pork to a carving board and let rest at least 15 minutes and up to 30 minutes. Increase heat to medium and simmer braising liquid until reduced to 1 1/2 cups, 12 to 15 minutes. Discard herbs and lemon zest. Cut pork crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices and serve with milk gravy.
MILK-BRAISED PORK LOIN
Make and share this Milk-Braised Pork Loin recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Brookelynne26
Categories Pork
Time 4h20m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Pat meat dry with paper towels. Sprinkle it with salt and pepper to taste.
- In a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter with the oil. Brown the meat on one side. Turn it over and scatter the vegetables around the meat. Cook until the vegetables are golden.
- Transfer the meat to the slow cooker. Add the milk to the skillet with the vegetables and bring it to a simmer. Pour the contents of the skillet over the meat. Cover and cook on low for 3 to 4 hours, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center of the meat measures 160 degrees.
- If the sauce is too thin pour it into a saucepan and reduce it over medium heat. Remove the twine. Slice the meat and arrange the slices, overlapping, slightly, on a platter. Spoon the sauce down the center and serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 426.9, Fat 28, SaturatedFat 10.6, Cholesterol 120.9, Sodium 126.8, Carbohydrate 5.8, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 4.5, Protein 35.9
PORK BRAISED IN MILK AND CREAM
Provided by Gabrielle Hamilton
Categories dinner, main course
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Place pork in a container, and rub all over with chopped sage and chopped garlic. Cover, and refrigerate overnight. The next morning, bring to room temperature. Scrape off and discard sage and garlic; season generously with salt and pepper.
- In a deep, heavy casserole or Dutch oven fitted with a lid, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add pork loin, and brown very well on all sides, about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine milk, half-and-half and cream. Bring to a boil, then shut off heat. Using a vegetable peeler, remove peel from lemons in long strips. Set peel aside, and reserve fruit for another use.
- When pork is browned, transfer it to a plate and discard fat that's in casserole. Reduce heat to medium, and add butter to pan. When it is foamy, add garlic cloves. Stir until lightly browned on edges. Add sage leaves, and stir to coat. Put pork back in casserole, and pour in enough of the warm milk mixture to come 1/2 to 2/3 up the sides of pork. Bring to a simmer, add lemon zest and season to taste with salt.
- Partly cover, and simmer until an instant-read thermometer registers 140 degrees (about 15 to 30 minutes; cooking time will vary according to shape of roast and degree of browning). Liquid will form a skin and custard around pork. Shut off heat, and allow to cool. Cover, and refrigerate until shortly before serving.
- To serve, remove pork from milk mixture and carve into 1/8-inch slices. Meanwhile, place casserole over medium heat and reduce liquid to a soupy custard. While the liquid is still a little loose, return sliced pork to casserole and spoon sauce on top. Allow pork to heat through. Serve, spooning some custard, lemon zest and sage on top and sprinkling with coarse salt.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 1263, UnsaturatedFat 42 grams, Carbohydrate 30 grams, Fat 104 grams, Fiber 5 grams, Protein 57 grams, SaturatedFat 55 grams, Sodium 1564 milligrams, Sugar 16 grams, TransFat 0 grams
PORK LOIN BRAISED IN MILK
If you prefer a smooth sauce, purée it in a blender. Serve with roasted potatoes and sautéed greens.
Provided by Jenny Rosenstrach
Categories Milk/Cream Dairy Pork Braise Dinner Meat Spice Nutmeg Bon Appétit Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added
Yield Makes 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Season pork with 2 teaspoons salt and pepper. In a small heavy pot just wide enough to fit pork loin, heat butter and oil over medium-high heat until butter is melted. Add pork and cook, turning occasionally, until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Pour off fat in pot; wipe out pot and let pot cool slightly. Add milk and nutmeg. Return pork to pot.
- Bring milk mixture just to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover pot and simmer gently, turning meat every 30 minutes, until meat is tender but not falling apart, about 2 hours. Transfer meat to a cutting board. Let rest for 10 minutes.
- Simmer liquid in pot, uncovered, until reduced by two-thirds and small golden-brown curds form throughout sauce, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Cut pork into 1/3" slices. Arrange on a serving platter. Spoon sauce over and around pork.
MILK-BRAISED PORK
Categories Milk/Cream Pork Braise Dinner Winter Gourmet Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added
Yield Serves 4 to 6
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Pat pork dry and season with salt and pepper. In a 4-quart heavy kettle heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and brown pork on all sides, about 5 minutes total. Carefully add milk and cook pork, covered, at a bare simmer 2 hours. Continue to cook pork, partially covered, at a bare simmer until very tender, about 1 hour. Transfer pork to a cutting board and let stand 5 minutes. Season cooking liquid generously with salt and pepper and boil until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.
- Thinly slice pork and transfer to a platter. Skim fat from cooking liquid and spoon liquid over pork.
ROAST PORK WITH MILK
A bistro basic that the critic Bryan Miller brought to The Times in 1988 with the help of Pierre Franey, this luscious roast of pork comes from the kitchen of Adrienne Biasin, who for years ran a homespun and legendary restaurant in Paris, Chez la Vieille. The meat is first browned over the stovetop to sear in the moisture, then braised slowly in onions and milk. The pan juices are set aside to form the base of a gravy, and the roast is finished in the oven. It takes some time, but is beyond easy to make, and pairs well with a glass of Beaujolais and dreams of travel. (Sam Sifton)
Provided by Bryan Miller And Pierre Franey
Categories dinner, project, roasts, times classics, main course
Time 3h30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Rub the pork with salt and pepper.
- Heat the oil in a Dutch oven. Brown the pork well in the oil on all sides over medium heat for about five minutes. Add the onions, then stir and brown for five minutes more.
- Drain off all the fat. Add the milk and cover. Bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for one-and-a-half hours. Remove the lid and cook another one-and-a-half hours until the milk is almost evaporated.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Strain the milk gravy into a saucepan, add the cream and bring to a simmer. Save the onions and the milk residue. Place the roast in the oven and cook 10 minutes or until brown.
- Slice the meat and serve it with the gravy spooned over and the onion mixture on the side.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 740, UnsaturatedFat 14 grams, Carbohydrate 21 grams, Fat 41 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 70 grams, SaturatedFat 13 grams, Sodium 1604 milligrams, Sugar 16 grams, TransFat 0 grams
ITALIAN PORK LOIN BRAISED IN MILK
Sounds unusual, but its an Italian classic that works. The sauce has great flavor, somewhere between a gravy and cream sauce, while the pork loin is juicier and more tender than any other recipe I've tried. The sodium citrate acts as an emulsifier to keep the sauce smooth, but if you don't have, rendered bacon or salt pork will work.
Provided by FoodE-MattyD
Categories Pork
Time 3h15m
Yield 3-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Dissolve 1/4 cup salt and sugar in 8 cups cold water in large container. Submerge roast in brine, cover, and refrigerate for at least 1 1/2 hours or up to 2 hours. Remove roast from brine and pat dry with paper towels.
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
- In a dutch oven, turn heat to medium-high, add roast to pot, and brown on all sides, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer roast to large plate. Add milk, sodium citrate, garlic, sage, and baking soda to pot and bring to simmer, scraping up any browned bits. Simmer for approximately 15 minutes, until the sauce has the consistency of heavy cream.
- 4. Return roast to pot, cover, and transfer to oven. Cook until meat registers 140 degrees, about 30 minutes, flipping roast once halfway through cooking. Transfer roast to carving board, tent with aluminum foil, and let rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
- While the roast rest, add wine and return sauce to simmer over medium-high heat, whisking vigorously to smooth out sauce. Simmer until sauce has consistency of thin gravy, 2 to 3 minutes. Off heat, stir in tablespoons parsley and mustard and season with salt and pepper to taste. Finish with any meat juices that accumulate while the roast rests.
- Slice roast into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Transfer slices to serving platter. Spoon sauce over slices and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 414.6, Fat 16.7, SaturatedFat 4.7, Cholesterol 109, Sodium 10395, Carbohydrate 24.9, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 23.1, Protein 36.5
Tips:
- Choose the right cut of pork loin. A boneless, center-cut pork loin roast is ideal for this recipe. It's a lean and tender cut of meat that will cook evenly in the milk.
- Brown the pork loin before braising. This will help to develop flavor and prevent the meat from drying out.
- Use a flavorful braising liquid. The milk, onion, garlic, and herbs in this recipe create a delicious and aromatic braising liquid that infuses the pork loin with flavor.
- Cook the pork loin until it is tender. The meat should be cooked through but still slightly pink in the center. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the pork loin should read 145 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Let the pork loin rest before slicing. This will allow the juices to redistribute throughout the meat, resulting in a more tender and flavorful roast.
Conclusion:
This pork loin braised in milk is a simple but elegant dish that is perfect for a special occasion. The meat is tender and juicy, and the braising liquid is flavorful and aromatic. Serve this dish with mashed potatoes, roasted vegetables, or a simple green salad for a complete meal.
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