Pork Chops with Peppers
Over a year ago
656 views
Ingredients
- 2 Pork Chops (200g each)
- Olive Oil for Frying
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- thyme. leaves only
- Butter
- For the Sauce
- Olive Oil for Frying
- 1 Red Onion, Peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 Red Peppers, deseeded adn thinly sliced
- Sea Salt and Black Pepper
- 1 Tbsp Caster Sugar
- 3 Tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Basil, leaves shredded
Accompaniment
SponsoredBaron de Ley Club Privado Reserva Rioja
The Baron de Ley winery was founded by a prestigious group of Rioja professionals in 1985. They were quite unique in their approach as they modelled the winery on a Medoc chateaux, which was a pioneering move at that time for producers in the Denominacion de Origen Calificada Rioja. This wine is aged in new oak casks for 20 months prior to resting in the bottle for 2 years before release. It has definite claret qualities; the nose is layered with ripe cherry, toasty oak and a touch of cigar box. Lively, ripe, red fruit with dried tobacco and nutty vanilla overtones, round tannins with an expressive woody finish. Rioja wine can be excellent value for money and has terrific cellaring potential. Buy this wine if you like: Well rounded reds, with soft fruit and toasty character, easy drinking for upfront pleasure.
Method
-
1
1. First prepare the peppers. Heat a little olive oil in a large frying pan, then add onion and peppers. Season with salt and peppers. Season with salt and pepper, add sugar and saute over a high heat for 4-5 minutes until soft and coloured. (Make sure you can hear the vegetables hissing in the pan. If not, the pan isn't hot enough and you're in danger of boiling the vegetables instead of frying them.)
2. Add the vinegar and let it bubble for a minute or two until it has reduced and the peppers are soft. Turn down the heat, add the tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil and cook for a further 2-3 minutes. Stir in the shredded basil and continue to cook for 30 seconds, then turn off the heat. Decant into a bowl and set aside to infuse. Wipe the pan clean, ready to cook the pork.
3. Using a sharp knife, make cuts into the fat of the chops, about 5mm deep and at 3-4cm intervals, making sure you do not cut into the meat. (This will stop the meat from curling up during the cooking and will make it cook more evenly.) Season the chops really well on both sides, pushing the seasoning into the meat.
4. Place the cleaned-out frying pan over a high heat until hot and add a dash of oil. Add the chops, garlic and thyme and fry for 2-3 minutes until coloured. Turn and fry for a further 2-3 minutes on the other side, pushing the thyme under the chops and breaking up the garlic a little.
5. Towards the end of cooking time, add 3 knobs of butter and baste the chops with it as they are cooking, to speed up the cooking process and keep the chops moist. (Push the fatty edge of the chops towards the back of the pan to help render the fat.) Squeeze the garlic out of its skin and place with the herbs on top of the chops.
6. Transfer the chops to a plate, and rest for 5-10 minutes, spooning over the basting butter now and again.
7. Serve the chops on top of the peppers with the resting juices and a little juice from the peppers.
Similar Recipes
View all similar
Comments (0)