COURTESY PHOTO Jazz percussionist extraordinaire Noel Okimoto leads "Latin Jazz Night" tonight, the final show in the summer's AT&T Wildest Show series at the Honolulu Zoo. Gates open at 4:35 p.m., with the concert starting at 6. A $1 donation per person benefits the Animal Browse Garden, where food will be grown to enrich the animals' diets. Food and activities will also be available. Call 531-0101.

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Onion paired with pork
wins recipe contest

An onion stuffed with kalua pork and foie gras won the Maui Onion Recipe Contest held earlier this month.

Suzzette Metcalfe, executive chef for the Rusty Harpoon, won the professional division at the Maui Onion Festival with her Sweet Glazed Maui Onion Stuffed with Kalua Pork. The onions were served with a taro purée and a sauté of wild mushrooms and pohole ferns.

Sweet Glazed Maui Onion
Stuffed with Kalua Pork

4 large Maui onions, outer layer peeled
2-3/4 cups red wine
2-3/4 cups reduced braising liquid from kalua pork (see note)
3 cups kalua pork, minced
Olive oil
4 ounces foie gras rough chopped (optional)
1-1/4 cups finely chopped shallots
4 minced garlic cloves
1/2 cup shredded basil
Salt and pepper, to taste

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Peel the outer layer from the onions.

In a large pan, bring pork juice and red wine to simmer. Add whole onions and poach gently until soft. Remove onions; reserve liquid.

Carefully remove centers of the onions, leaving a thick exterior shell to hold the stuffing. Mince onion centers.

Heat olive oil in a pan, then add minced pork, minced onion, foie gras, shallot, garlic and basil; sauté. Stuff mixture into the onions.

Place onions in roasting pan, pour reserved cooking liquid around and over onions. Roast 30 to 40 minutes, basting regularly until onions are glazed and golden brown. Serves 4.

Note: If you are using a commercially prepared kalua pig and do not have any braising liquid available, substitute chicken or beef broth.

Nutritional information unavailable.

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A beery opportunity

If you're a beer drinker, it's time you learned something about what you're imbibing. Kapiolani Community College is offering a class on beers -- history of the brew, types and production methods.

Class time is 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 19 in 'Ohi'a 118. The teaching session will be followed by a tasting and discussion session.

Must be at least 21 to attend.

Cost is $27. Call 734-9211.

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