Pork baked in foil

Incomparably delicious, very juicy, for a festive table! Pork baked in a piece in foil turns out deliciously fragrant, appetizing, tender, soft and juicy. This is the perfect snack for any holidays. It is good in cold and hot form. You can also serve it as a main dish with salads, a side dish!
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 41 % 15 g
Fats 54 % 20 g
Carbohydrates 5 % 2 g
250 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to bake pork in foil? Prepare the products. Pork should be chosen young, then you are guaranteed to get tender meat that is properly cooked. Young pork has white or light milky fat, old pork has yellowish fat. Choose a part of the carcass to taste, I have a pork neck.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Turn on the oven immediately to warm up to 240 degrees (determine the exact temperature of baking meat by your oven). Peel the garlic and finely chop it with a knife.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    In a separate container, mix the chopped garlic, salt and pepper.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Cut off all excess pork, wash it, dry it and rub it with a mixture of garlic, salt and pepper, pressing them into the meat.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Transfer the pork onto a large piece of foil, wrap it on all sides with foil.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    The meat should be tightly packed in foil so that not a drop of precious juice spills out of the package when baking. If the piece is too big, you can use several layers of foil. Put the meat in the oven for about 60-80 minutes, lowering the temperature to 200 degrees. Determine the exact time and temperature of baking according to your oven.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    I check the readiness with a thermometer, piercing a piece right through the foil. When the temperature in the depth of a piece of pork reaches 78-80 degrees, the meat is ready. If there is no thermometer, the time is calculated approximately as follows: for each kilogram of meat 40 minutes plus 20 minutes for the whole piece. Again, it also depends on the oven, so check the readiness periodically.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Let the pork neck cool in foil, then transfer it to a platter. Fragrant meat juice mixed with melted fat will remain in the foil. It can be poured into a jar and stored in the refrigerator. You can add it to potatoes when frying or in some soup to give it richness and meat flavor.

Pork neck is a wonderful meat that is usually taken for cooking shish kebab. But this piece is also great for baking in the oven: tender meat without cartilage and tendons, small and evenly distributed fat layers – such pork wrapped in foil will never dry out, it becomes soft, while remaining juicy, even without any culinary efforts. Recipes baked in foil pork neck can be found a lot. Pork loves spices, so it is not difficult to choose harmonious ingredients for it: mustard, fennel, cherry, parsley, rosemary, coriander, cumin, ginger and many others. I propose a simple recipe in which only salt, pepper and garlic serve as spices. But believe me: the meat turns out so fragrant and delicious that nothing more is required!

About how best to use foil in cooking, read the article Aluminum foil is an assistant in the kitchen and at home . It contains a lot of necessary information, tips and life hacks.

Keep in mind that everyone's ovens are different. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use useful information about the features of ovens !

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Pork fat - 333   kcal/100g
  • Pork meat - 357   kcal/100g
  • Pork - low-fat roast - 184   kcal/100g
  • Pork chop on a bone - 537   kcal/100g
  • Pork - schnitzel - 352   kcal/100g
  • Pork Shoulder - 593   kcal/100g
  • Boar's leg - 113   kcal/100g
  • Pork - 259   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g

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