22 maple pork chops with pecans and Recipes

acorn squash (about 1 1/2 lb. each), rinsed, bulk pork sausage, chopped onion, sweet apples such as fuji (1 lb. total), peeled, cored, and chopped, raisins, dried cranberries, dried thyme, chopped pecans, maple syrup

olive oil, pork tenderloin, salt, new mexican spice rub , recipe follows, bourbon-ancho sauce , recipe follows, sweet potato tamale with pecan butter, recipe follows, ancho chile powder, light brown sugar, pasilla chile powder, chile de arbol, ground cinnamon, allspice, olive oil, red onion, finely chopped, bourbon, ancho chiles, soaked, seeded, stems removed and pureed, homemade chicken stock, apple juice concentrate, thawed, whole black peppercorns, light brown sugar, dried corn husks, fresh or frozen corn kernels , preferable fresh, onion, coarsely chopped, head roasted garlic, cloves removed, chicken stock or water, unsalted butter, vegetable shortening, yellow cornmeal, honey, salt and freshly ground pepper, sweet potato , roasted at 375 degrees for about 1 hour or until soft, then peeled and flesh mashed, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, maple syrup, pecan butter , recipe follows, unsalted butter, softened, toasted pecans, finely chopped, maple syrup, cinnamon, salt and freshly ground pepper