Caraway Apple Pork Chops Recipes

CARAWAY PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
• Layer onions and apples in the bottom of a shallow baking dish.
• Drizzle honey on top and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon caraway seeds.
• Prepare chops by sprinkling them with garlic salt and pepper and spreading mustard on them.
• Place chops on apples and sprinkle with remaining 1 teaspoon caraway seeds.
• Cover and bake 1 hour.

ROASTED PORK LOIN WITH APPLE AND CARAWAY STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt the butter over low heat and cook onions until translucent, and then remove the onions from heat. Fold in the bread crumbs, apples, raisins, orange zest, and caraway, and season with salt and pepper.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Cut a pocket into the pork loin between the meat and outer layer of fat, the pocket should be shy of reaching each end of the loin by one inch. Fill the pocket with the stuffing. Roll loin up lengthways closing the stuffed pocket and tie with a string. Score the rind of pork with a sharp knife.
• Whisk together cider and sour cream and place in a casserole equal to the size of the pork. Place pork in casserole rind side down and bake for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes turn pork over and cook, rind side up, for another 30 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350 degrees F and cook for another hour (baste every 20 minutes with the pan juices) or until you reach a internal temperature of 150 degrees F. Let rest for 20 minutes. Deglaze the roasting pan with 2 ounces white wine and season. Slice the meat and serve with the jus.

BRAISED PORK WITH CARAWAY, APPLES AND ONIONS AND MUSTARD-CHEDDAR MASHED POTATOES WITH PARSNIPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Let the pork sit covered at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Pat the pork dry with a paper towel. Sprinkle the pork generously with salt and pepper.
• Heat a large Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat with the oil, 2 turns of the pan. Place the pork in the pot and evenly brown the meat all over, about 10 to 12 minutes time in total. Remove the pork and reserve.
• Turn heat down to medium, add 3 tablespoons of the butter to the pot. When it foams, add the caraway, fennel and mustard seeds and stir for 1 minute. Add in the onions, apples, thyme, nutmeg and some salt and pepper. Cook to begin to soften, 5 minutes. Then deglaze the pot with the vinegar. Stir in the honey and beer, scraping up the bits stuck to the bottom of the pot. Add in the chicken stock and then the reserved pork, and bring to a simmer. Cover and place the pot in the oven until the meat is very tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours, turning the meat halfway through cooking.
• Remove the pork from the pot, place on a plate and tent with foil to keep warm. When cool enough to handle, pull the meat apart with two forks. Return the meat to the braising liquid. The apples and onions will have almost completely melted into a chunky sauce. Cool and store in the refrigerator for a make-ahead meal.
• Place the potatoes and the parsnips in a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, salt the water and cook until tender. Drain and return to the hot pot. Mash the potatoes with the milk and the remaining 3 tablespoons butter. Then season with salt and pepper, and add the cheese and mustard. Taste to adjust the seasonings, cool and store for a make-ahead meal.
• To serve, reheat the pork, covered over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Reheat the mashed potatoes and parsnips over medium heat covered with a little stock or milk to loosen. Mashed potatoes can be kept warm for hours by placing them in a covered saucepot inside of a larger pot filled with an inch of water at a low simmer.
• Serve the pork alongside or on top of the potatoes, and sprinkle chopped parsley on everything.

CARAWAY-CRUSTED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Finely grind caraway seeds and peppercorns in an electric coffee/spice grinder or with a mortar and pestle and spread on a plate. Season chops with salt and dredge in spice mixture, coating completely.
• Heat oil in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté chops until golden brown and just cooked through, about 5 minutes on each side. Transfer chops to a plate. Add vinegar to skillet and deglaze over moderately high heat, scraping up brown bits, until most of vinegar is evaporated, about 20 seconds. Add juice and simmer until reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Stir butter into sauce with salt to taste and pour over pork chops.

NORWEGIAN PORK CHOPS WITH CARAWAY APPLES

Steps:

• Butter a large a baking dish large enough to hold the pork chops in a single layer.
• Spread half of the apples over the bottom of the baking dish.
• Sprinkle this layer of apples lightly with salt, pepper and with 1 teaspoon of caraway seeds.
• Lightly dust the pork chops with flour and shake off any excess.
• Sprinkle both sides of each chop with ground sage, salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in a large skillet.
• Brown the chops lightly on both sides and place on top of the apples in the baking idsh.
• Top the chops with the remaining apples and caraway seeds.
• Deglaze the skillet with the apple juice and pour over all.
• Cover and bake at 350F for 1 hour, basting occasionally with pan juices.

PORK CHOPS WITH CARAWAY CABBAGE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, brown pork chops in oil; drain. Sprinkle with pepper; remove and keep warm. , In same skillet, saute onion in butter for 1-2 minutes or until tender. Add the cabbage, garlic, vinegar, caraway and salt; cook, stirring occasionally, until cabbage wilts. Add chops to the skillet. Cover and simmer for 15-17 minutes or until meat is tender. Serve immediately.

CARAWAY PORK CHOPS AND RED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Season pork chops with 1 teaspoon caraway seeds, chicken seasoning and brown sugar. In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, brown chops in oil. Remove and keep warm., Add the cabbage, apple, onion, water, vinegar, salt, bouillon granules and remaining caraway seeds to the skillet. Cover and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally., Place chops over cabbage mixture; top each with 1 tablespoon apple jelly. Cover and cook 10-12 minutes longer or until meat is tender.

ROAST LOIN OF PORK WITH CARAWAY, LEMON AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Set pork aside at room temperature. Using a mortar and pestle, crush garlic with 1 teaspoon salt to make a paste. Add (but do not crush) cloves, caraway, lemon juice, chili oil and black pepper to taste. Crumble in bay leaves, and mix well.
• Place pork loin rind-side down; there will be a groove running along its length where chops join with bone. Rub spiced garlic paste into groove. Rub any extra paste around pork, leaving rind dry. Coat bottom of a roasting pan with 1 tablespoon olive oil, and place onion disks in an overlapping line down length of pan. Place pork rind-side up on onion, and sprinkle lightly with salt.
• Roast pork for 1 1/2 hours. After 45 minutes of roasting, score apples around circumference, and if necessary, trim bottoms so they sit upright without wobbling. Arrange apples in roasting pan, and continue to cook everything together for 45 minutes.
• To serve, remove pan from heat and allow to rest for 10 minutes. Transfer pork to a carving board, and slice into chops. Serve each chop with a baked apple.