Loin to the pepe
Pork loin al pepe is a delicious and complete recipe. It's considered a well-known Italian dish, and we can prepare it in a variety of ways, making it delicious. It's a dish made with pork, cream, and pasta, typically rigatoni or macaroni. If you'd like to expand your culinary horizons, don't hesitate to learn more about how to prepare different recipes.
It is a dish that adapts to any moment, from a social gathering to a simple family sharing, you cannot miss the opportunity to prepare it, it is a delight.
Ingredients
- Pork loin 500 grams.
- onion 1.
- Cream for cooking or milk cream 400 milliliters.
- bovril dessert 2 tbsp.
- Salt
- Pepper.
- Olive oil 4 full tablespoons.
- Macaroni 400 grams.
Preparation mode
- In a pot, boil plenty of water to make the macaroni, cook them until they reach the necessary point, remember that later you will cook them again with the meat, when they are ready, pass them through the strainer and leave them aside until they are ready to be used.
- Then proceed to chop the pork meat in wheels, measuring approximately one centimeter thick, sprinkle it with salt and pepper to taste, for this recipe you can use loin or sirloin, according to your preference.
- Now take a large frying pan, pour in the oil and let it heat for a few seconds. When it's very hot, add the meat and let it cook well, so that it's well browned on both sides. Remove them and set them aside.
- Then take the onion and cut it into small pieces, heat the same pan where you fried the meat and fry the onion, let it cook until it is completely golden, but being careful not to burn it.
- Once the onion is ready, add the cream and cook until the flavors are compacted.
- Pour in the two tablespoons of bovril. This is a meat concentrate that adds a lot of flavor to this type of dish. You can substitute it with beef broth.
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- Add pepper and salt, if you wish you can add a little liquor, brandy is suggested.
- Continue mixing until all the ingredients are very well compacted.
- Taste again and if necessary add more salt.
- Now place the pieces of meat and let it cook for about 20 minutes, check it, if required, leave it a little longer. It all depends on the thickness of the meat and its type, here you will notice that the sauce is absorbed a little, so if necessary add a little more cream, if it gets too thick a little more milk.
- As a last step, add the macaroni to the pan with meat, let it cook a little longer so that the pasta absorbs all the flavor of the sauce that you are already preparing.
- Completed all the steps, ready, you can now taste your exquisite loin with pepe, you can accompany it with bread so you can enjoy the sauce.
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Loin al pepe accompaniments
This exquisite dish can be accompanied by a Caprese salad, made with tomato, basil, and mozzarella. As mentioned earlier, it can also be served with bread. For an even more complete meal, you can also explore the best ways to prepare side dishes that pair well with the lomo al pepe.
Everything we need to know about pork
- It benefits us by providing healthy fats to the body such as polyunsaturated fats.
- Its consumption is very healthy since it provides less fat than chicken meat.
- It brings with it a large amount of protein and nutrients, including: vitamin B, phosphorus, iron, zinc, potassium.
- It is considered red meat, not white.
- Because it is a soft type of meat, it does not require as much oil to cook it.
- It is indicated if you want to gain muscle mass or lose weight.
- Because it does not have bad cholesterol, it does not affect the blood.
- It is wrong to believe that all pork produces the so-called cysticercosis infection, this is only produced by very poor quality and unhygienic meats.
How do you cook pork properly?
You can use vinegar or lemon to cook it, the acid provides it with greater cleanliness, before cooking it place the pan to heat, this will allow a better cooking inside and out, never consume it semi-cooked, let it brown completely, when frying it is better to do it over low heat, consume it within a period not exceeding three days after you have acquired it.
