05 Jun Pan-Seared Pork Chops With Caramelized Apples
Pan-Seared Pork Chops With Caramelized Apples
Pan-seared pork chops seasoned with sweet piquanté peppers, herbs and caramelized apple. One for impressing guests or simply indulging in yourself!
SERVING
Serves 4-6
PREP TIME
20 minutes
COOK TIME
20 minutes
SERVING
Serves 4-6
PREP TIME
20 minutes
COOK TIME
20 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 pork chops
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- 1 tbsp black pepper
- 1 green Granny Smith apple
- 1 red Gala apple
- 1 Golden Delicious apple
- 4 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 50g butter
- Half a jar of PEPPADEW® Red Piquanté Peppers.
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 4 tbsp honey
- Handful fresh thyme
Caramelized buttery apple with sweet piquanté pepper. The pork chops are pan-seared to a beautiful golden-brown crust and are tender, juicy and moist.
Method
- Pat dry pork chops with paper towels.
- Add the olive oil, salt and black pepper to both sides of the pork chops. Allow them to rest while you prepare the apples.
- Core the 3 types of apples and slice each one lengthways.
- Place sliced apples into a large bowl, add brown sugar and cinnamon and mix. Let apples sit for about 10 minutes to release juices.
- In a large pan stainless steel skillet heat 25g of the butter and a drizzle of olive oil on high heat. Add half the sliced apples in a single layer without overcrowding (you might have to cook apples in two batches) and cook on high heat for about 3 minutes on one side, checking periodically.
- Add PEPPADEW® Red Piquanté Peppers in the spare spaces of the pan, 1 tsp Italian seasoning and 2 tbsp honey.
- After 3 to 5 minutes, flip the sliced apples to the other side, reduce the heat to medium and cook the apples and the PEPPADEW® Red Piquanté Peppers for another 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat when the apples have a slightly roasted appearance. Move the mix and apple with all the juices from the pan to a large bowl.
- Repeat the same process with the other half of the apples.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat for about 3 minutes to heat it through (use a cast-iron skillet for best searing results).
- Add the pork chops and cook them on one side for 5 minutes, without moving.
Assemble
Spoon the cooked apples and red peppers, together with the sauce from cooking the apples, over the pork chops. Top with fresh thyme.
