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6 pork chops brined
1 cup apple cider
3/4 cup apples, peeled and diced
1 cup demi glace
2 tablespoons butter
cooking oil, as needed
1/4 cup candied nuts
salt and pepper, to taste
Heat a large saute pan with oil until hot. Sear pork chops until golden brown and finish in oven. Pour out remaining fat but keeping the browned bits in the pan. Deglaze with cider and add apples. Coo until reduced to 1/8 cup liquid. Add in demi glace. While sauce is boiling stir in butter and season. Plate with brussels sprouts and garnish with the nuts.
Brussels sprouts:
12 ounces brussels sprouts leaves
1 1/2 ounces shallots, sliced into rings
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Set a pot of heavily salted water to boil. Heat a saute pan with oil and begin to toast garlic and shallot until aromatic. Cook the leaves in the water and strain. Add to the saute pan and saute briefly, tossing all ingredients together. Set a pot of heavily salted water to boil. Heat a saute pan with oil and begin to toast garlic and shallot until aromatic. Cook the leaves in the water and strain. Add to the saute pan and saute briefly tossing all ingredients together.
Brine for Pork:
3 cups water
1/4 cup salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup apple cider
2 tablespoons peppercorns
2 tablespoons dijon mustard
6 sprigs thyme
3 sprigs rosemary
Bring all ingredients to a boil. Stir to dissolve salt and sugar and remove from heat. Cool completely to refrigerator temperature and strain out solids. Cover the chops with the liquid and refrigerate for 6 hours.
pork chops and sauce