Here's another recipe from Alfonso Cadena of El Gourmet (the same chef from whom I posted the Popcorn Ice Cream recipe). I hope to try it soon. When I do, I'll review it.
Espresso Pork Chop with Roasted-Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients for the pork chop:
Espresso Pork Chop with Roasted-Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients for the pork chop:
- Pork chop: 2 1/4 Lb.
- Anise liqueur: 6 tbsp. + 2 tsp.
- Star anise: 3
- Olive oil: As needed
- Salt and Pepper: To taste
- Coffee Beans: As needed
- Potatoes: 2
- Garlic: 1 head
- Olive oil: As needed
- Salt and Pepper: To taste
- Butter: 1 tbsp.
- Curry Oil: To taste
- Butter: 2 tbsp. (divided)
- Shallots, chopped: 1/2 cup
- Raspberry Vinegar: 6 tbsp. + 2 tsp.
- Red wine: 1/2 cup
- Cinnamon: 1 tsp.
- Lemon zest: 1/2 tbsp.
- Espresso Coffee: 1/2 cup
- Sugar: 1 cup
- Veal stock: 1/4 cup
- Place the pork chop into a large bowl.
- Add the anise liqueur and star anise.
- Cover with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator for 7 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 420F. When it reaches 375F, roast the garlic (see the potato instructions, below).
- In a hot pan with olive oil, brown the pork chops well on both sides and along the edge.
- Transfer to an 8" x 8" baking pan.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Finish cooking in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- Slice off the the top of the head of garlic.
- Bathe the garlic in olive oil and wrap in foil.
- Cook in 375F oven (while preheating for the pork) until completely tender.
- Peel the potatoes and cook in water until tender.
- Squeeze the roasted garlic into the potatoes.
- Mash the potatoes and garlic together.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- In a hot pan with 1 tablespoon of butter, sauté the chopped shallots.
- After a few minutes, add the raspberry vinegar and let reduce.
- Add the red wine, cinnamon and lemon zest.
- Cook a few minutes and add the espresso.
- Once the sauce has reduced by half, gradually incorporate the sugar while mixing with a wooden spoon.
- After the sugar is completely dissolved, add the veal stock and a tablespoon of butter, stir and remove from heat.
- To the potatoes, stir in curry oil, to taste and one tablespoon of butter until completely incorporated.
- Place the mashed potatoes near one end of a serving platter.
- Place the chop near the other end of the platter, standing up on its ribs.
- Pour some of the sauce over the chop (serve the rest on the side).
- Sprinkle a few coffee beans onto the platter as a garnish.
- Yes, that is ONE, single, massive pork chop: one kilo, 2.2 pounds, two inches thick! It fit into an 8" x 8" baking dish perfectly.
- In the show, he didn't actually say how much sugar – it was the web page that said 1 cup. That sounds like a lot, but the amount he added was certainly more than just one tbsp., so I would start with 1/2 cup and add from there.
- If you don't already have curry oil, put 1 cup of olive oil and 1 1/2 tbsp. of curry powder into a pan and heat over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the oil temperature reaches 190F. Refrigerate unused oil.
If blueberry muffins have blueberries in them, what do vegan muffins have?