August 2023 - Cooking with Rum

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                          Rum and Garlic Pork Chops

Ingredients:

  • 3 lbs. Boneless Pork Chops
  • Garlic Powder
  • 1/4 C. Olive Oil
  • 8 large garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1 1/2 White Onion, quartered
  • 1 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. Black Pepper
  • 1/4 C. Ketchup
  • 1/4 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
  • 3/4 C. Dark Rum
  • 1/4 C. Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 C. Lime Juice

Directions:

  1. Sprinkle pork chops with garlic powder.  Heat up a pan and add the olive oil.  Brown the pork chops in the pan. Place pork chops in a crockpot.
  2. In a food processor add the peeled garlic cloves, quartered onions, salt, pepper, ketchup, cayenne pepper, dark rum, brown sugar, and lime juice. Process until finely chopped.  Drizzle a teaspoon of olive oil and then pulse gently to mix. 
  3. Pour sauce over the pork chops in the crockpot.  Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4-5 hours.

            Grilled Pineapple with Coconut Rum Sauce

Grilled Pineapple

Ingredients:

  • 1 Large Fresh Pineapple

Directions:

Cut both top and bottom of pineapple. Cut the skin off from top to bottom. With the pineapple still standing up, slice the pineapple lengthwise, cutting around the core, until you are left with a square shape in the center that has the core and all of the juicy pineapple has been cut away. Slice the pineapple to desired length and width.

Directions to grill pineapple:

  1. Heat grill to medium high (between 350F-450F).
  2. Coat the grill grate with oil to help prevent sticking.
  3. Skewer each slice of pineapple and place on grill. Cook the pineapple skewers for about 7-9 minutes, turning once to ensure grill marks on both sides of pineapple. 

Coconut Rum Sauce

Ingredients:

  • ½ C. Coconut Milk
  • 1 Tbsp. Cream of Coconut
  • 1 ½ Tbsp. Coconut Rum
  • 1 ½ Tbsp. Dark Rum
  • 1 ½ tsp. Cornstarch
  • 1 Tbsp.

Butter

Directions:

  1. Heat the coconut milk, cream of coconut, coconut rum and dark rum in a small saucepan. Heat until milk starts to bubble along the edges. Whisk in the cornstarch and continue cooking and stirring while the sauce thickens. When the sauce is thick and coats the back of a spoon, remove from heat and stir in butter while it melts. 
  2. Allow sauce to cool.  Then drizzle sauce over pineapple skewers.  Ready to serve and eat.