Recipe: Mango Marinated Pork Steaks: ysabetwordsmith

Recipe: Mango Marinated Pork Steaks

Pork steak is a cheap cut of meat not known for its tenderness. So, you know your marinade worked when you try to fork a steak out of the crock and it falls in half. My partner Doug and I collaborated on this recipe, and it met with resounding mumbles of approval.

Mango Marinated Pork Steaks

Ingredients:
½ cup sweetened mango puree
½ teaspoon rose baises red peppercorns
¼ teaspoon white peppercorns
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground clove
2 dashes paprika
1 pinch Hawaiian red salt
3 lbs pork steaks
1+ cup pineapple juice

Directions:
Grind the red and white peppercorns in a mortar and pestle. Add the ground ginger, ground clove, paprika, and salt; stir together. Pour ½ cup mango puree into a small glass bowl. Add the spices and stir with a pastry brush until well mixed. Brush the marinade onto all surfaces of the pork steaks. Store the steaks in a glass bowl in the refrigerator overnight.

Stack the steaks, alternating in perpendicular directions, in a large crock pot. Pour in enough pineapple juice to cover the bottom of the crock, 1 cup or more. Cook on “low” for 4-5 hours. Check periodically and add more liquid if necessary. Internal temperature of the meat should reach 170ºF. Transfer pork steaks to a platter and serve.

Notes:
This 3-lb package of pork steaks contained four steaks, one smaller than the others. That and a side dish of mashed potatoes fed five people comfortably.

The large can of mango puree seemed to contain about 4 cups, so I divided the rest into small containers and froze it for later use.

When done, the meat was so tender it fell off the bones, with a sweet flavor from the fruit and mild heat from the peppercorns.

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dianavilliers

August 6 2008, 06:45:09 UTC 12 years ago

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You know a recipe is a success when it is consumed in a comfortable silence. I think I'll give this one a go - could you tell me a bit about the Hawaiian salt - I may have to substitute.

ysabetwordsmith

August 6 2008, 06:53:27 UTC 12 years ago

Hawaiian red salt has iron in it, which gives a bright metallic note:
http://www.saltworks.us/salt_info/si_gourmet_reference.asp

You could substitute sea salt, or put some mineral water into the crock pot along with the pineapple juice.