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Pork Chops With Pears
photo by moxie
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 4 pork chops or 4 pork steaks
- 1 tablespoon oil or 1 tablespoon shortening
- fresh ground pepper, to taste
- freshly ground salt, to taste
- 8 pear halves in natural juice (well drained if canned)
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1⁄4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 cup dry sherry or 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon cold water
directions
- In a large frying pan, brown the pork chops in hot oil; drain.
- Transfer the pork chops to a shallow baking pan and season with salt and pepper.
- Arrange the pear halves around the chops.
- Drizzle orange juice over all.
- Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Pour sherry over all.
- Place butter in the hollow of pears.
- Cover and bake at 350°F for 20 minutes.
- Uncover and continue baking for 20 minutes, until meat is tender.
- Place the pears and pork chops on a platter.
- Dissolve cornstarch in water, stir into sauce mixture and cook until thickened.
- Pour over pork chops and pears.
- Enjoy!
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Reviews
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Excellent recipe and very easy to make! My entire family enjoyed it. I have a very picky eater, and she wanted me to make it again the next day. My husband said it was restaurant quality. I did modify it a little. I had no OJ so I substituted the drained pear juice. I deglazed the frying pan with the sherry. I also used more cornstarch & water. I used about 2 Tbsp. cornstarch and 1/4 c water. This will definitely added to my monthly menu!
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Tweaks
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I was surprised with how light and tasty this dish actually was. I just used orange juice instead of sherry (it needed a bit more cornstarch to thicken up as well) but I think it probably would've been better with the sherry, or at least some type of wine. The chops I used were maybe half an inch thick, and I cut off 10 minutes in the overall cooking time, but they still came out pretty dry so that was disappointing. I guess I'll have to shorten the time even more, or just skip browning them. But overall it was still very nice and I'm sure I'll make these again. These were also great with Asian pears!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Pianolady
United States