Ingredients
- 4 thick-cut boneless pork chops
- center cut
- about 2 pounds
- Salt and pepper
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- divided
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup rioja or other dry red wine
- eyeball it
- about 1/4 of a bottle
- 1/2 cup black cherry preserves or all-fruit spread
- 2 cups beef stock
- divided
- 1/2 pound linguica or chorizo
- chopped
- 2 ribs celery
- chopped
- 1 medium onion
- chopped
- 1 small red bell pepper
- chopped
- 2 cloves garlic
- chopped
- 4 corn muffins
- crumbled
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- eyeball it in your palm
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 4 to 5 sprigs
- Handful flat-leaf parsley
- chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Heat a skillet over medium high heat.
- Season pork chops with salt and pepper.
- Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil to the pan, 2 turns around the pan.
- Add the chops and caramelize the meat, 2 minutes on each side.
- Transfer meat to a sheet pan and place in the oven to finish cooking through, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Return pan to stove, reduce heat a bit and add butter to the skillet.
- Add flour to butter and cook 1 minute.
- Whisk wine into pan and reduce 1 minute then whisk in preserves and 1 cup of stock.
- Season with salt and coarse black pepper and let gravy thicken over low heat.
- Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium high heat with 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan.
- When oil smokes, add linguica or chorizo and brown, 2 minutes.
- Add the celery, onions, peppers, garlic and season with salt and pepper.
- Cook 5 minutes then crumble muffins into the skillet and combine with vegetables.
- Dampen the stuffing with remaining 1 cup of stock and season with smoked paprika and thyme.
- Reduce heat to low and keep warm until ready to serve.
- Remove meat from oven and whisk the drippings into your gravy.
- Pile stuffing on plates, chops alongside and ladle gravy over both.
- Scatter parsley over meat and stuffing.
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