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Pork With Balsamic-Cranberry Sauce

  • 1 1/2 tablespoons butter  
  • 8 pork chops
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 can whole berry cranberry sauce
  • 4 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • oil
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    1. Preheat oven to 300. 

     2. Pat pork chops dry with a paper towel and sprinkle with salt and pepper. 

     3. Heat dutch oven over medium heat.   Add oil, heat until almost smoking.

     4. Sear pork chops on both sides and remove from dutch oven.  Set aside. 

     5. Add onions and garlic and sautee until onions are softened.  Being sure to scrape up browned pork on the bottom.

    6.  Combine remaining ingredients, mix and return pork chops to dutch oven, being sure to cover them completely with the mixture. 

    7.  Lid.  Cook for 2 hours.  After 2 hours, check the liquid level and tenderness.  If tough, continue to cook, if tender and liquid is still watery, cook, uncovered for 15-20 minutes.

    Recipe found at Recipezaar.

    Chef’s note: Hubby gives this a 3.5, I give it 4/5 stars.  Perfect with mashed oldbay sweet potatoes!!

    Feta and Spinach stuffed Pork

    • 1 Pork Loin 3-4 lbs
    • 8oz Feta cheese
    • 8 oz Spinach finely chopped
    • 2 garlic cloves minced
    • 2 oz fresh basil minced
    • 2 0z fresh Thyme
    • 2 oz fresh Rosemary
    • Butcher String
    1. Preheat oven to 450°
    2. Butterfly cut the loin lengthwise and cut out a channel in both halves about 1 1/2″ wide and set aside. You can save the meat for another recipe. Pound butterflied loin until flat and thin.
    3. Mix, in a bowl, the spinach, garlic, basil and feta.
    4. Lay this mixture in the channel you carved into both halves of the loin and press the loin halves back together and lay the loin on your roasting pan fat side up.
    5. Lay the rosemary and thyme sprigs on top and tie the loin with butcher string about every 3-4 inches.  Rub loin with oil.
    6. Roast the loin at 450° for about 1 hour. You can check for doneness with a meat thermometer. When it hits 160° it’s done. Remove and let rest.

    NOTE: THIS WAS AWESOME!!!  This is possibly one of the best recipes I’ve made.  The herbs, cheese and spinach all perfectly complimented the pork.    Will definitely be making this again, and again.