Category: Pork Recipes

Pork Recipes cooked with Pineapple

Skyscaper Sandwich Recipe

1 large loaf unsliced sandwich bread
1 cup softened butter
3 ounces cream cheese
1/2 cup orange marmalade
1/2 cup ground dates
1/4 cup ground Walnuts
3/4 cup drained shredded pineapple
4 slices cooked ham
4 candied cherries
Watercress

Slice bread thin. For each sandwich cut 5 rounds of bread, varying in diameter from 1 to 4″ (You’re making a tower). Spread the rounds with softened butter. Mix cheese and marmalade and spread on largest rounds. Cover with next smallest round, spread with date and nut mixture. Cover third round with pineapple and place on date nut filling. Cover fourth round with ham, place on pineapple. Place smallest round with buttered side down on ham. Garnish with a cherry half and watercress.

Southern Grilled Pineapple Sandwich Recipe

8 1/2 ounces pineapple slices
French dressing
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1/4 cup finely chopped green pepper
1/4 tsp chili powder
2 tbsp canola mayonnaise
4 slices. bread
butter
4 slices baked or boiled ham

Drain pineapple; brush slices lightly with French dressing. Combine cheese, green pepper, chili powder and mayonnaise. Toast and butter bread and arrange on baking sheet. Top with ham, then pineapple slices. Spread cheese mixture over each sandwich. Broil until topping is melted and golden brown; be careful not to burn. Recipe makes 4 servings of Southern Grilled Pineapple Sandwich.

Ham Sandwich Plate

6 half inch thick slice cooked boneless, rolled ham
whole cloves
6 slices pineapple
2 tbsp butter
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups mashed, cooked sweet potatoes
1 cup whole cranberry sauce
1 tsp grated orange peel
1/2 cup orange juice
2 tbsp brown sugar
12 slices pumpernickel bread

Insert cloves in sides of ham slices. Arrange ham in a baking pan. Place a pineapple slice on each ham slice. Beat butter and salt into potatoes. Mound potatoes on top of pineapple. In a pot combine cranberry sauce, orange peel and juice and brown sugar. Cook slowly for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Drizzle over potatoes. Bake at 350° F for 40 to 45 minutes. Baste with sauce. Serve with 12 slices pumpernickel. Serves 6.

Recipe Sweet-Sour Meatballs

1 pound meat loaf meat mix (or 1/2 pound each ground pork & beef mixed together)
2 tbsp minced onion
2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
2 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
12 ounces pineapple juice
13 1/4 ounces pineapple tidbits
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp cider vinegar
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp instant chicken bouillon
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
1/3 cup pickled red pepper

Combine first 3 ingredients and shape In about 20 balls 1 1/2″ in diameter. Put into a shallow baking pan and bake in preheated 350° F oven for 10 minutes. Drain off fat and shake balls in pan, then bake 10 minutes longer; drain off fat. Meanwhile, mix cornstarch with a little of the pineapple juice with remaining ingredients, except green and red pepper; heat. Add cornstarch mixture, stirring. Cook, stirring, until mixture thickens and comes to boil. Add meatballs and pepper. Recipe makes 4 – 5 servings of Sweet-Sour Meatballs.

Sweet and Sour Spareribs Recipe

2 pounds lean spareribs
2 large onions, sliced
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 1/2 cups pineapple chunks and syrup
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
3/4 cup sliced sweet pickles
2 tbsp cornstarch
2 tbsp water

Cut ribs into serving pieces and brown in skillet with small amount of shortening. Place onions in skillet and saute 2 minutes; add next 7 ingredients and ribs. Cover. Simmer 1 hour. Remove ribs. Thicken sauce with cornstarch and water mixture. Pour sauce over ribs and serve.

Barbecued Spareribs with Marinade Recipe

5 pounds pork spareribs
1/2 cup Cointreau liqueur
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup honey
1 cup canned crushed pineapple
1/2 cup wine vinegar
1 lemon, sliced
2 tsp ground ginger
2 garlic cloves, minced
freshly ground black pepper

Marinate spareribs in refrigerator for 1 hour in sauce made with combined Cointreau, soy sauce, honey, pineapple, wine vinegar, lemon slices, ginger, garlic and pepper. Remove lemon from marinade. Place spareribs on grill; cook indirectly, 20—30 minutes on each side, basting frequently with marinade. Discard any leftover marinade. Recipe makes 5—6 servings of Marinated Barbecued Spareribs.

BBQ Spareribs Aloha Recipe

3 pounds lean spareribs
14 ounces pineapple slices
1/2 cup minced onion
1/4 minced green pepper
15 ounces tomato sauce with tomato bits
1/4 cup vinegar
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar

Cut ribs into 4 pieces. Grill 4″ from coals for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, combine pineapple syrup with rest of ingredients except pineapple; simmer 20 minutes. Baste ribs with sauce; cook 20 minutes longer. Add pineapple to grill last 5 minutes cooking time. Reheat rest of sauce; serve over pineapple topped ribs. Recipe makes 4 servings of BBQ Spareribs Aloha.

Sparerib Bean Bake Recipe

4 pound spareribs, cut in 2 rib pieces
13 1/2 ounce can pineapple chunks
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 + 1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/4 + 1/8 tsp ground ginger
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp onion salt
48 ounce canned pork and beans

Arrange spareribs in a 13″ x 9″ baking dish. Drain pineapple; reserve syrup. Combine brown sugar, salt, 1/4 teaspoon cloves, 1/4 teaspoon ginger, Worcestershire sauce and reserved syrup. Brush ribs with half of mixture. Sprinkle ribs with onion salt. Bake, uncovered, at 350° F for 1 hour, basting with drippings every 15 minutes. Remove spareribs from baking dish; set aside. Pour off drippings from baking dish. Combine pork and beans, pineapple chunks, 1/8 teaspoon cloves and 1/8 teaspoon ginger in baking dish. Arrange spareribs on top of bean mixture. Spoon remaining basting mixture over ribs. Return to oven; bake, uncovered, for 1 hour longer or until beans are hot and spareribs brown. Recipe make 6 servings of Spareribs Bean Bake.

Waikiki Kabobs

13 ounces, pineapple chunks
1/2 cup butter
2 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp brown sugar
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/8 tsp dry mustard
1 pound cooked ham
1 large orange, sectioned

Drain pineapple, reserving 1/4 cup juice. Melt butter in 1 quart saucepan; add pineapple and lemon juice, brown sugar, cloves and mustard. Cook and stir until heated through. Cut ham into 1 x 1/2″ chunks. Thread ham, pineapple and orange sections on 5″ skewers. Place on broiler pan. Broil for 5 minutes, basting with butter and turning kabobs once. Servo over hot buttered rice if desired. Recipe makes 8-10 servings of Waikiki Kabobs.