PORK RIB CHOP WITH WALNUTS, HONEY AND MASHED POTATOES

 

 

You will love this recipe! This is a different way to cook rib chops! The flavors are incredible and the food will melt in your mouth! Enjoy with a wonderful red wine, such as Pinot Noir from Burgundy!

 

Preparation: 45 min; cooking time: 45 min.

Serving 4

 

4 pork rib chops

4 tbsp. butter

2 tbsp. vegetable oil

8 garlic cloves

4 small bay leaves

8 sprigs of thyme

4 oz. chopped walnuts

3 tbsp. honey

3 tbsp. soy sauce

4 tbsp. Jerez vinegar

Salt and pepper (to season the potatoes, use some fleur de sel)

4 large baking potatoes

4 tbsp. walnut oil

 

Steam the potatoes, 20-30 minutes, or until very tender.

Season the pork chops with salt and pepper.

Preheat the oven to 200 F.

In a large sauté pan, melt the butter and oil on high heat. Add the garlic cloves with their skin, bay leaves and thyme. Add the pork chops. Reduce the heat to medium and cook the meat 10 minutes, uncovered. Turn the meat over and cook 10 more minutes.

Remove the pork chops from the sauté pan and put them in a baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil.

When the potatoes are cooked, peel them. Put one potato per plate and mash them with a fork. Add 1 tbsp. of walnut oil on top of each potato and season with fleur de sel and pepper and stir with the fork.

Pour the honey in the sauté pan and cook it with the juice of the pork chops 2 minutes on medium-low heat. Add the walnuts, vinegar and soy sauce. Cook 3 minutes.

Remove the pork chops from the oven. Put the pork chops on top of the potato. Add the juice from the pork chops to the sauté pan. Combine and pour over the meat. Garnish with garlic cloves, bay leaves and thyme.

 

Bon Appetit!