Stuffed Pork Chops with Cranberries

Name: Stuffed Pork Chops with Cranberries
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp brown sugar; 946 milliliters chicken stock; 59 milliliters cranberry juice; 2 Tbsps dried cranberries; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 Tbsps toasted pine nuts; 4 (1-inch thick) pork chops; 59 milliliters red wine; 4 servings salt and black pepper to taste; 473 milliliters boiling water; 59 milliliters white wine

Stuffed Pork Chops with Cranberries might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 36g of protein, 23g of fat, and a total of 458 calories. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of pork chops, chicken stock, cranberry juice, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the pine nuts you could follow this main course with the Pear Cake with Pine Nuts as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe.

Instructions

To prepare the cranberry filling: Soak 1 cup dried cranberries in the boiling water for 20 minutes.

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Dried Cranberries

Cranberries

Water

Drain the cranberries, reserving 1/4 cup of the water.

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Cranberries

Water

Place the cranberries, reserved water, 2 tablespoons pine nuts, cinnamon, cloves, and 1 tablespoon brown sugar in a food processor. Process until finely chopped; set aside.

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Brown Sugar

Cranberries

Pine Nuts

Cinnamon

Clove

Water

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Food Processor

Bring the chicken stock to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer until the chicken stock has reduced to half its original volume, about 15 minutes.

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Chicken Stock

Add the white wine, red wine, cranberry juice, and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar. Continue cooking until the sauce has reduced by half again, about 10 minutes. Keep warm.

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Cranberry Juice

Brown Sugar

White Wine

Red Wine

Sauce

Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

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Oven

Cut a pocket into the side of each pork chop, about 3/4 of the way through. Stuff each pork chop with the dried cranberry mixture, then season on all sides with salt and pepper to taste.

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Salt And Pepper

Cranberries

Pork Chops

Heat the olive oil in a large, ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat until it begins to smoke. Cook the pork chops on one side until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Turn the pork chops over, and cook another few minutes until browned on the other side too.

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Pork Chops

Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Pour 1 cup of the sauce into the skillet and bring to a simmer.

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Sauce

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Frying Pan

Place the skillet in the preheated oven, and bake until the pork is no longer pink in the center, 8 to 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

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Pork

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Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Frying Pan

To serve, place each pork chop onto a warmed dinner plate, and spoon the sauce from the skillet over top.

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Pork Chops

Sauce

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Frying Pan

Sprinkle the pork chops with 2 tablespoons dried cranberries and 2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts for decoration.

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Dried Cranberries

Pork Chops

Pine Nuts

Serve with the remaining cranberry sauce.

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Cranberry Sauce

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Servings:

1Tbsp

brown sugar 946milliliters

chicken stock 59milliliters

cranberry juice 2Tbsps

dried cranberries 1teaspoon

ground cinnamon 1teaspoons

ground cloves 2Tbsps

olive oil 2Tbsps

toasted pine nuts 4

(1-inch thick) pork chops 59milliliters

red wine 4servings

salt and black pepper to taste 473milliliters

boiling water 59milliliters

white wine

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Riesling

Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Riesling are great choices for Pork Chops. Chardonnay suits simple chops or chops in a butter or cream sauce, dry riesling complements sweet additions like honey mustard or apples, and pinot noir is a safe bet for pork dishes in general. You could try Hindsight Wines Chardonnay. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 26 dollars per bottle.