April 2022 - Cooking with Rum

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                                    Rum Glazed Pork Chops

Ingredients:

  • 3 lbs. Pork Chops, boneless
  • 6 Large Garlic Cloves, peeled 
  • 1 Large White Onion, quartered.
  • 1 tsp. Sea Salt
  • ¼ tsp. Ground Black Pepper
  • ½ C. Chili Sauce* (see recipe below)
  • ½ C. Dark Rum
  • ¼ C. Brown Sugar
  • ½ C. Lime Juice
  • ¼ C. Olive Oil

Directions:

  1. Heat a pan and add a bit of olive oil.
  2. Sprinkle pork chops with garlic powder and the brown chops on both sides.  Remove chops from pan and place in a crockpot.
  3. Put garlic cloves, onion, salt, pepper, chili sauce, rum, brown sugar and lime juice in a food processor. Process until finely chopped.
  4. Drizzle with olive oil and pulse gently to mix. Pour mixture over the pork chops in crockpot.
  5. Cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 5 hours. Optional- If you have a pressure cooker, cook for 25 minutes on high pressure.

*Chili Sauce                       

Ingredients:

  •  1 C. Tomato Sauce 
  •  2 Tbsp. Brown Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. Distilled White Vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp. Dark Rum
  • ½ tsp. Chili Powder
  • ¼ tsp. Ground Allspice
  • ¼ tsp. Garlic Powder
  •  ¼ tsp. Onion Powder

Directions:

Whisk all ingredients in a bowl.

                                       Rum Bings

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb. Bing Cherries, fresh and pitted
  •  ½ C. Currant Jelly
  •  ¼ C. Dark Rum

Directions:

  1. Mix all ingredients together thoroughly.  The rum will dilute and mix with the jelly very quickly.  
  2. Refrigerate for at least three hours and then pour over ice cream of your choice.  Serves 4.