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Thick Pork Chops with Spiced Apples and Raisins
- TOTAL PREP TIME50 minutes
- SERVINGS4
- DEGREE OF DIFFICULTYEasy
Ingredients
- 4 porterhouse (bone-in loin) pork chops 8-ounces each
- extra virgin olive oil
- Sea salt and black pepper
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3 Granny Smith apples peeled, cored and sliced in 1/2-inch thick wedges
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme leaves
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 3/4 cup frozen apple juice concentrate thawed
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- sea salt
- Fresh ground black pepper
Preparation
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add the apples and thyme and coat in the butter; cook and stir for 6 minutes to give them some color. Toss in raisins and add apple juice. Stir in the brown sugar, cinnamon, and cloves. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add lemon juice and simmer until apples are tender but still hold their shape, about 10 minutes. Set aside and keep warm.
Rub chops on both sides with a little olive oil and season well with salt and pepper. Place a large ovenproof skillet, preferably cast-iron, over medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and swirl to coat the pan. Brown chops for 2 minutes on each side. Place skillet in oven and roast chops about 15-20 minutes until center is still slightly pink in the center and internal temperature reads 160 degrees F. when tested with an instant-read thermometer.
Serve pork accompanied by the warm spiced apples, drizzling a bit of the sauce over the chops.
Serves 4.
Recipe courtesy of Tyler Florence, celebrity chef and author.
Meet the Haverkamp Family
Bern, KansasMy four older brothers started raising pigs in high school and in the early 1980's we all decided to form a partnership. We all live on the farm with our families. My family consists of my wife, Ronda, and our three kids Curtis, Cole, and Kristen.
