Pan Roasted Wild Boar Chops Recipe 385

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cut pork into 3 to 4-inch thick slices and lay the slices on heavy duty aluminum foil supported by baking sheets. Rub salt and pepper into the meat. In a small bowl whisk together hot sauce, vinegar and vegetable oil, and brush onto surface of meat on both sides. Use plastic or latex gloves to handle habaneros and protect your eyes and nose from the "fumes." Slice the peppers and lay them and the bay leaves on top of the pork. Wrap the pork in foil, sealing all the seams. Roast slowly in oven until fork tender, about 2 hours, or over an open fire.

Steps:

• Season meat with Lawry's Seasoned Salt and Lawry's Seasoned Pepper. Toss seasoned chops with 1/4 cup of the olive oil, rosemary and lemon juice. Cover and refrigerate for 6 to 12 hours. Heat remaining oil in a large ovenproof skillet. Add chops and lightly brown on both sides. Remove chops and set aside. Add garlic, shallots, carrots and celery and cook until lightly browned. Return chops to the pan and place the pan in a preheated 375 degree oven. Cook for 5 to 8 minutes more or until chops are just done and shallots are slightly soft. Remove pan from oven. Remove chops from pan and keep warm. Place pan over a medium-high burner and add wine. Reduce wine to about 2 tablespoons. Remove from heat and whisk in chilled butter until melted. To serve, place vegetables on plates and arrange chops over. Drizzle sauce over chops. This recipe yields 4 servings. There is a relatively small danger that your hog, boar, etc. may carry the parasite trichinella, which causes trichinosis... a bad thing. Make sure that the meat is cooked to an internal temperature of 155 degrees for several minutes, just to be safe. It's also best to trim most of the fat from the chops as it often imparts unpleasant flavors to the cooked meat. If you don't have boar chops handy, substitute lamb, venison or pork chops. Use any vegetables in season to accompany the chops if you don't want to use shallot, celery and carrot.

Steps:

• 1. Rub the leg of wild boar all over with the salt and the pepper. Place it in a shallow dish, cover it loosely, and refrigerate it for 36 hours.
• 2. Bring the wine, the herbs and spices, and the vegetables to a boil in a medium-sized saucepan over medium high heat and cook for about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature. Strain, reserving the bay leaf, thyme, peppercorns and cloves, and discarding the vegetables.
• Whisk in the vinegar.
• 3. Quickly rinse the salt and pepper from the boar to remove most but not all of it. Pat meat dry and place it in a shallow dish. Pour the cooled marinade over it, return it to the refrigerator, loosely covered, and let it marinate for 36 hours, turning it at least four times.
• 4. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• 5. Remove the leg of wild boar from the marinade and pat it dry. Make 20 tiny slits in it all over, and insert a clove into each slit. Transfer the boar to a baking dish, and pour one-fourth of the marinade over it. Roast in the center of the oven until the boar is very golden on the outside, and when you cut into it it is a very faint pink, but not in the least red, which will take about 2 hours. Check it occasionally to be sure the marinade hasn't completely evaporated, and pour the additional marinade over the roast, one-fourth at a time.
• 6. When the boar is roasted remove it from the oven, and set it on a platter in warm spot, loosely covered, to sit for at least 20 minutes so the juices have a chance to retreat back into the meat. To prepare the sauce, transfer the cooking juice and any browned bits from the bottom of the baking dish to a medium sized saucepan. Whisk in the chicken or veal stock and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce by about one-fourth, then stir in the red current jelly. Continue cooking and whisking until the sauce is smooth and satiny, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• 7. Before slicing the boar remove as many of the cloves as possible. Thinly slice the wild boar and arrange it on a platter. Garnish with flat-leaf parsley leaves. Either pour the sauce over the meat, or serve it on the side.
• *Leg of wild boar is available for mail order from:
• Broken Arrow Ranch
• P.O. Box 530
• Ingram, TX 78025
• (800) 962-4263

Steps:

• salt and pepper the chops.
• place chops in roomy, non-metal container so each chop lays flat.
• whisk all ingredients (sans chops) for marinade.
• pour marinade over chops.
• cover and refrigerate at least (4) hours, turning every hour or so.
• prepare grill/fire for direct heat on hi.
• sear chops on both side for 2 minutes.
• turn heat down or place chops on cooler part of grill for remaining cooking.
• Close lid and cook about (5) mins on each side for medium rare.
• let chops rest at room temp for (10) mins before serving.