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    Milk Braised Pork with Marsala Sauce

    April 15, 2015 By Sara McCleary Updated November 29, 2020 - This post may contain affiliate links

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    For this milk braised pork recipe I used a rindless, boneless pork collar butt I received from Murray Valley Pork (thanks for the pork pressie guys!). I’m sure a few of you are asking, What’s pork collar butt? And it’s a very good question. I had no blooming idea either. Well, I did have a little idea, and I was pretty sure it wasn’t from a pig’s butt.

    I am not ashamed to say I had to resort to Mr Google to find out exactly what pork collar butt was. It looked like shoulder, and it turned out I was right. It’s from the thicker park of the shoulder and can also go by the name of pork scotch.

    Murray Valley Pork Collar Butt | www.bellyrumbles.com
    Milk Braised Pork Shoulder with Marsala Sauce | www.bellyrumbles.com

    It looked like it would be the perfect cut of pork to milk braise, and I was right.

    Milk Braised Pork Shoulder with Marsala Sauce | www.bellyrumbles.com
    Milk Braised Pork Shoulder with Marsala Sauce | www.bellyrumbles.com

    Milk braised pork is a dish I cook quite regularly. Slowly cooked you end up with a delightfully tender piece of pork. And the remaining cooking liquid can be made into a sauce to accompany it. Plus I generally cook a larger than needed piece of pork to ensure there are leftovers for sandwiches and salads. Like my pork and chickpea salad recipe. Perfect for weekday lunches.

    Milk Braised Pork Shoulder with Marsala Sauce | www.bellyrumbles.com

    Milk braised pork is definitely one of our family favourites and I hope it becomes one of yours too.

    Do let me know how you go if you end up cooking this dish up. I always love to hear back when you make something from Belly Rumbles.

    Sara xxx

    Milk Braised Pork with Marsala Sauce

    Recipe Author: Sara McCleary
    Tender and succulent milk braised pork with a super easy marsala sauce.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 2 hrs
    Total Time 2 hrs 15 mins
    Course Main (entree)
    Cuisine Italian
    Servings 4 people
    Calories 2933 kcal

    Ingredients

    • 1.5 kg rolled pork collar butt/pork shoulder
    • Salt & Pepper
    • 2 tablespoons olive oil
    • 1 L full cream milk
    • 8 garlic cloves bruised
    • 1 medium onion peeled and quartered
    • 10 grams fresh thyme
    • 2 bay leaves
    • Peel of one lemon
    • 125 ml thickened cream
    • 125 Marsala

    Instructions
     

    • Pat the collar butt dry with some kitchen towel and then season with salt and pepper.
    • In a heavy based pot (with lid), big enough for your piece of pork, heat olive oil over a medium/hot heat. Place your collar butt in the pot and brown well on all sides.
    • Remove pork and set to the side on a plate. Turn down the heat and add about ½cup milk to pot and ‘deglaze’. Then add the rest of the milk, garlic, onion, thyme, bay leaves and lemon peel. Stir and then add pork to the pot. Make sure that the pork is completely covered in liquid, you may need to add a little more milk.
    • Cover with the lid and on a very soft simmer, you want it to be ‘just’ simmering, cook your pork for a couple of hours. Checking every so often to turn the pork and make sure it isn’t sticking to the bottom of your pot.
    • You will know the pork is ready when it pulls away with a fork.
    • Once cooked and tender remove pork from the pot. Place on a carving board and cover with foil to retain heat.
    • Strain the cooking liquid from the pork cooking pot into another pot. Cook over a medium heat until the liquid has reduced by two thirds.
    • Then add thickened cream and Marsala and continue to cook on a medium/low heat for another 5 minutes.
    • Serve the sauce with your pork.
    • Serving suggestion: with roast vegetables or steamed vegetables & mashed potato. It even works well with salad

    Nutrition

    Calories: 2933kcalCarbohydrates: 89gProtein: 216gFat: 172gSaturated Fat: 74gCholesterol: 884mgSodium: 1194mgPotassium: 4966mgFiber: 3gSugar: 65gVitamin A: 3990IUVitamin C: 38.9mgCalcium: 1449mgIron: 14.1mg
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    1. Christine Chapdelaine

      September 28, 2018 at 4:48 am

      5 stars
      Took a leap of faith and did it for my family and friends,it was So good served it with mashed potatoes and tomato salad,it's a keeper thank you very much

      Reply
    2. Shari from GoodFoodWeek

      June 05, 2016 at 11:33 am

      Whipped this up last night for dinner and it was a total hit {even with my super fussy inlaws} thanks a million 🙂

      Reply
      • Sara

        June 13, 2016 at 12:59 pm

        Hi Shari, I am so glad it was a hit!

        Reply
    3. Nat

      August 26, 2015 at 11:04 pm

      Would this be possible to cook in the oven instead of stove top & for how long? Thanks

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2015 at 3:15 pm

        Hi Nat

        There is no reason why you can't cook this in the oven instead of stove top. It would take around the same amount of time. Just keep an eye on it and cheek to see if the pork is falling apart as per the stove top method, when it is, it is ready.

        Reply
    4. Kevin | keviniscooking

      May 01, 2015 at 5:27 pm

      This just looks spectacular! The marsala and cream sauce over the pork has me drooling. 🙂

      Reply
    5. john | heneedsfood

      April 16, 2015 at 9:51 pm

      Yum, Sara, YUM! Occasionally Dean makes milk braised pork, so I reckon I need to remind him about it. Yours looks spectacular!

      Reply
      • Sara

        April 22, 2015 at 11:03 am

        It definitely is the weather for it at the moment. Dean needs a nudge to make his 🙂

        Reply
    6. Nancy | Plus Ate Six

      April 16, 2015 at 9:40 am

      I've seen milk braised chicken but not pork before - and I much prefer pork. It looks amazing.

      Reply
      • Sara

        April 22, 2015 at 11:02 am

        Oooo I am off to google milk braised chicken as I haven't seen that before, very cool.

        Reply
    7. chocolatesuze

      April 15, 2015 at 11:26 am

      mmm that pork looks amazing! also, i love your plate, where did you get it from?

      Reply
      • Sara

        April 22, 2015 at 4:20 am

        The pork was damn tasty. The plate is one of Kim Wallace's

        Reply
    8. milkteaxx

      April 15, 2015 at 7:18 am

      this looks real tender, i have yet to try braise something with milk, must be delicious!

      Reply
      • Sara

        April 22, 2015 at 4:17 am

        It was really tender, you have to try it.

        Reply

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