Grilled Pork Chops Filled with Sundried Cranberries
- 4 pork chops, 1-inch thick
- Salt and freshly pepper
- Cranberry filling, recipe follows
- Cranberry sauce, recipe follows
- Olive oil
- Dried cranberries
- Toasted pine nuts
- 1 cup sundried cranberries
- 2 tablespoons pinenuts, toasted
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cascabel chile powder
- Salt
- 4 cups homemade chicken stock
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1/4 cup red wine
- 1/4 cup cranberry juice
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 1 tablespoon chipotle puree
- Salt
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Cut a pocket into the side of each pork chop going 3/4 of the way through.
- Season chop with salt and pepper and stuff the pocket with the cranberry filling.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a medium oven-proof saute pan over high heat.
- Add the pork chops and sear on both sides.
- Add 1 cup chicken cranberry sauce.
- Place the pan in the oven and roast until the meat is firm to the touch, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Spoon the chicken-cranberry sauce on a plate and top with pork chops.
- Garnish with dried cranberries and toasted pine nuts.
- Place the cranberries in a medium bowl and cover with boiling water, let sit 30 minutes to rehydrate.
- Drain and reserve soaking liquid.
- Place cranberries and remaining ingredients in a food processor with a 1/4 cup of the soaking liquid and process until smooth.
- Pass through a fina strainer.
- Season with salt.
- Place chicken stock in a nonreactive medium saucepan over high heat and cook until reduced to 2 cups.
- Add, wines, cranberry juice, brown sugar, peppercorns and chipotle puree and continue cooking until thickened to a sauce consistency.
- Season with salt.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/grilled-pork-chops-filled-with-sundried-cranberries-recipe.html (may not work)