If you’ve been wanting to forget about store-bought sausage for a long time, then you’ll love today’s selection. We have selected 7 different recipes for baked meat, which will make a delicious sandwich and can be served as a main course for dinner.
Oven-baked pork with spices and garlic
Oven-baked pork with spices and garlic is the best dish for the holiday table. Today we offer you a traditional recipe that includes the most common spices that everyone has: salt, pepper and bay leaf. Despite the simplicity of preparation, the meat turns out juicy, fragrant and delicious. Homemade baked pork is not comparable to store products, it can be used instead of sausage or added to various salads.
Ingredients
- fresh pork flesh (pork shoulder is best) 1,5-2 kg (3,3-4,4 lbs);
- salt 1 tbsp;
- bay leaf 7-8 pcs;
- garlic 1 large head;
- pepper mixture 1 tbsp.
Instructions
- Fresh meat should be washed, dried and cleaned of membranes.
- Make shallow cross-shaped incisions on the surface of meat in different places, so that a clove of garlic fits into the cut.
- Peel the garlic and cut each clove lengthwise.
- Stuff the meat with the garlic.
- To keep the meat in shape during baking, wrap it with natural thread and tie it tightly around the whole piece.
- Rub the meat with salt, a mixture of peppers and a broken bay leaf.
- Transfer the meat to a bowl or plastic container, cover and place in the refrigerator for 24-48 hours.
- After the time has elapsed, transfer the meat to two layers of foil and wrap the foil tightly on all sides so that during baking all the juices are retained inside.
- Bake the meat in preheated oven at 200 degrees C (392 °F) for 1-1.5 hours (depending on the size of the piece).
- 15 minutes before the end of baking, unroll the foil, so that the meat browns.
- Take the finished baked ham out of the oven, cool and carefully remove the string.
- Serve both hot and cold, cut into slices.
Pork with garlic in foil
A very simple way to cook pork. The meat is tender, juicy and fragrant.
Ingredients
- pork – 700 grams (1,5 lbs);
- garlic – 5-6 cloves;
- mustard sauce in grains;
- coarse salt;
- black ground pepper.
Instructions
- First, let’s take the garlic cloves, peel them from the husk and cut lengthwise into 2-3 thin plates.
- Take the pork flesh, wash it well under running water and dry it. Make small incisions all over the top surface and put the garlic in it.
- Combine salt and black pepper, and then rub a piece of meat well with this mixture.
- On top, liberally smear the pork with mustard sauce with whole grains, so that they almost completely cover the meat.
- Place the pork in heavy foil and wrap.
- Put the meat into a baking dish and place it in a preheated 180 degrees C (356 °F) oven for an hour and a half.
- Carefully take the ready meat out of the oven, let it cool a bit and carefully remove the foil. Then we’ll take a sharp knife and cut the pork into pieces 1.5-2 cm thick. Ketchup or tkemali sauce can be also served with this meat. Baked pork also goes well with boiled vegetables or fresh salad; you can combine it with a rice side dish.
No store-baked ham can compare with home-baked meat!
Baked pork with mustard and spices
Properly cooked pork is always delicious and juicy meat. It is very flavorful, tender, juicy and quick to prepare. It can easily replace unhealthy sausage from the store and make even a meat platter for the holiday table. Also with this meat, your sandwiches will be much tastier.
Ingredients
- pork (preferably loin) 500 gr (1.1 lbs);
- garlic 4-5 cloves;
- mustard 2 tablespoons;
- spices for pork;
- rosemary 2 sprigs;
- salt, pepper.
Instructions
- Prepare meat. Wash it under water and wipe dry.
- Salt and pepper to taste. Rub with spices for pork.
- Peel the garlic and put it in different places on the meat. Put a little rosemary on top.
- Spread mustard and leave in a cold place for several hours.
- When the meat has infused, wrap it tightly in foil. Put it in a form and put in a preheated oven up to 180 degrees Celsius for 60 minutes.
- Then open the foil and put it in the oven for 10 minutes more at 190-200C (380 °F).
Spicy baked chicken breast
This incredibly tasty dish will be tasty for real gourmets. The breast cooked according to this recipe will turn out very tender and juicy. This unusual cold snack will pleasantly surprise your loved ones and guests and will be a hit on your holiday table.
Ingredients
- chicken breast – 800 gr (1.8 lbs)
- garlic – 5 g (0.011 lbs)
- ground paprika – 5 g (0.011 lbs)
- oregano – 3 gr (0.007 lbs)
- olive oil – 1 tbsp.
- salt, pepper – to taste
Instructions
- Wash and dry chicken breast. In a small bowl mix salt, pepper, oregano and paprika. Squeeze out the garlic. Rub the meat well with this mixture and leave for 10 minutes.
- Heat olive oil in a frying pan. Fry the chicken breasts on both sides for a couple of minutes until they are lightly browned.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C (356 °F) and line a baking tray or baking dish with foil folded several times.
- Pour a little olive oil on the baking tray. Put the chicken on it and wrap the foil in an envelope.
- Bake for about 20-25 minutes, then turn up the heat and cook until done.
Homemade baked ham in brine
A delicious piece of pork marinated in brine and baked in foil, which makes it soft, juicy and very flavorful. This recipe is good for any celebration: it can be served as the main hot dish or cooled and used as cold cuts of meat.
Ingredients
- pork flesh (neck, loin) about 1 kg (2.2 lbs);
- spices (ready to use packet “for meat” or “for pork”) 2 tbsp;
- dried garlic 1-2 tsp.
for brine
- water 1.5 liters;
- salt 2 tablespoons;
- Provençal herbs 1 tbsp;
- bay leaf 1-2 pcs.
Instructions
- Wash and dry the pork.
- Boil water in a saucepan, add provan herbs, salt and bay-leaf. Remove from heat and allow to come to room temperature.
- Put the pork in the brine pan and leave for 12 to 24 hours.
- Take the pork out of the brine, dry it and place it on 2 layers of foil.
- Generously coat the pork with spices on all sides and wrap it tightly in foil so there are no gaps.
- Bake in heated up to 200 degrees C (392 °F) in the oven 1-1.5 hours, depending on the size of the piece.
- Then take out the meat and check its readiness with a knife: it should be soft and no pink juice should come out.
- If this meat will be served cold, cool the meat without unwrapping the foil.
Orange-glazed baked pork chop
Juicy, tender meat with a glossy thin crust, which looks very appetizing and perfectly sets off the taste of meat. It will be the main dish of your holiday table. Cooking this dish, you will surprise not only your guests, but also yourself.
Ingredients
- boneless pork 700-900 grams (1,5-2 lbs);
- bay leaf 2 pcs;
- black pepper 10 pcs;
- cloves 40 pcs;
- brown sugar 50 grams (0.11 lbs);
- orange (apricot) jam 2 tbsp;
- dry mustard 2 tsp;
- rum or brandy 1 tbsp;
- salt to taste.
Instructions
- Rinse pork, put it in a pot with water, add pepper and bay leaf and cook for 30-45 minutes (depending on the size of the piece). At the end of boiling add salt.
- With a sharp knife make lozenge-shaped incisions on a piece, in the center of each lozenge stick a clove bud.
- Mix brown sugar, jam, mustard and cognac in a saucepan. Cook for a couple of minutes until a liquid glaze forms.
- Heat the oven to 180 degrees C (356 °F). Place a rack on a large baking dish.
- Grease the meat with the glaze, place it on the rack and bake for 20-30 minutes until crispy.
- To ensure that the baked ham does not immediately stick, you can cover it with foil for the first 10 minutes.
- Serve the ready dish with fresh herbs or pieces of fruit.
Delicious homemade baked ham
This ham would be a great substitute for sausage. The pork meat will be tender, with a slight aroma of garlic and with a subtle tang. It can be put as a cut for the holiday table, or you can make sandwiches in the morning.
Ingredients:
- piece of pork – 800-900 g (1.8 -2 lbs)
- salt – 2-3 tsp.
- pepper – to taste
- garlic – 2-3 cloves
- bay leaf – 2 pcs.
- water – 1 liter
Instructions
- Boil water in a pot and then add salt, pepper, spices and bay leaf to the boiling water.
- Stir thoroughly and cool completely.
- We put the meat into a pan with water, cover it with plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for 4-5 hours, or better overnight.
- Then take the pan out of the refrigerator, take the marinaded meat out of it and dry it, pepper it again, salt it and season to taste.
- Make incisions in the meat with a knife and fill them with peeled and chopped garlic.
- Preheat the oven to 190 degrees C (374 °F). Transfer the meat to the baking sleeve, add the bay leaf from the marinade on top of the meat.
- Seal the baking sleeve and make a few cuts in it.
- Cook the baked ham in the oven for about 1 hour, then you can cut off the top of the sleeve so the baked ham gets browned on top.
- The delicious homemade ham is ready.
