Pork Kebabs with Romesco

Anne Burrell

Recipe courtesy Anne Burrell

Show: Secrets of a Restaurant ChefEpisode: The Secret to Pork Kebabs

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Total Time:
3 hr 5 min
Prep
40 min
Inactive
2 hr 0 min
Cook
25 min
Yield:
6 skewers
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

Kebabs:

Romesco:

  • Extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 garlic cloves, smashed
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 2 beefsteak tomatoes, coarsely chopped
  • 1 (10-ounce) jar piquillo peppers, coarsely chopped
  • Kosher salt
  • 2 (1/2-inch thick) slices stale bread
  • 1/2 cup Marcona almonds
  • Pinch saffron
  • 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves
  • Special equipment: wooden skewers

Directions

Kebabs:

Combine the cumin, pimenton, crushed red pepper, garlic, lemon zest and juice and salt. Stir to combine and add enough olive oil until it becomes a loose paste. Add the pork and toss to completely coat. Let sit at room temperature for up to 2 hours or refrigerate overnight

Romesco: This can totally be done ahead and kept in the refrigerator for any grilled meat or fish need!

Preheat the grill to medium

Coat a saute pan with olive oil and add the garlic and crushed red pepper. Bring the pan to a medium heat. When the garlic is very aromatic and starting to turn golden, add the tomatoes and piquillo peppers. Season with salt, to taste, and cook until the tomato is very soft and mushy, about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool.

Grill the bread on both sides until nice and toasted. When cool to the touch, cut it into cubes.

In a food processor, pulse the almonds and bread cubes until they become a coarse paste. Add the cooked tomato mixture and toss in the saffron, sherry vinegar and parsley. Pulse, pulse, pulse to puree. Taste and season with salt, if needed. It should be really yummy! Add 2 tablespoons olive oil or a couple of tablespoons of water if the mixture is really thick.

Before grilling, skewer the pork to make kebabs, putting about 4 to 5 pieces of meat on each skewer. Don't jam the meat super close together, it's ok if the meat is touching, but do it loosely so the heat can reach all the sides and cook evenly.

Brush the grill with a wire grill brush and then rub down with an oiled towel to pick up any pieces of loosened crud.

Grill the skewers on all sides so each side gets nice and brown (brown food tastes good), about 7 to 8 minutes total. Remove the kebobs from the grill to a serving platter and let rest for 5 to 10 minutes. Serve with the Romesco sauce.

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  • on May 26, 2012

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    My butcher didn't have any pork tenderloins left, so I got bone-in pork chops instead and marinaded them just the same. Put them on my Weber charcoal grill and served them with the Romesco sauce. In my humble opinion, the combination was a religious experience!!! Rock on, Anne, and thank you so much for this recipe!

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  • on May 07, 2012

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    O.K. so, day 3 of the pork kebabs. I used the potatoes from the leftover potato salad, diced any left over pork with Romesco sauce and made little mini omelets for breakfast. This pork loin really went a long way- Thank you..

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  • on May 05, 2012

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    This is the first and only time I've reviewed a recipe. It's that good, despite the significant time and ingredient investment. I made tons of substitutions based on what I had at the market (roasted red peppers for piquillo, paprika for pimenton, regular almonds vs. marcona, red wine vinegar instead of sherry vinegar but it still turned out to be one of the best meals I've made. So flavorful and vibrant, the pork was succulent (we did it outside on the charcoal grill, and I can't wait to use the plentiful romesco on other meats. Truly delightful and a perfect match for the INCREDIBLE potato string bean salad made with the pork on the show. Simply delicious, and the whole family loved it!

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