Baked Pork Chops with Red Currants
Not sure what to do with the other white meat? Here’s a palate-pleasing pork chop recipe that incorporates red currants. Add it to your recipe repertoire.
Ingredients
- 32 ounce(s) cold water
- 1/4 cup(s) kosher salt
- 4 pork chops, cut from the loin, 1/2 inch thick
- 2 tablespoon(s) extra virgin olive oil
- 1 dash(es) salt
- 1 dash(es) pepper
- 1 1/2 cup(s) red currants, rinsed
- 3/4 cup(s) pure maple syrup
Instructions
- Soak pork chops for two hours in kosher salt and cold water.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Rinse and dry pork chops.
- Heat the extra virgin olive oil in a saute pan until quite hot.
- Remove from the pan, and season well on each side with salt and pepper.
- Put a third of the red currants in the bottom of a small baking dish.
- Sprinkle 1/4 cups of maple syrup over the red currants.
- Lay two of the pork chops side by side on top of the red currants.
- Top with the remaining red currants and sprinkle another 1/4 cup of maple syrup over all.
- Top with two remaining pork chops, the same as before, and the remaining red currants and maple syrup.
- Place a piece of parchment directly on top of the red currants, and a piece of foil directly on top of the parchment.
- Cover the baking dish with a tight-fitting lid, or wrap with a double thickness of foil to seal tightly.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour, until pork chops are tender.
- Serve warm.
Nutrition
Calories: 4166kcalCarbohydrates: 659.25gProtein: 163.21gFat: 97.77gSaturated Fat: 26.11gCholesterol: 527.52mgSodium: 113795.49mgFiber: 7.25gSugar: 648.38g
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