Oregon, on a plate: from Willamette Valley Pinot Noir to cranberry bogs and filbert trees this menu celebrates one great state!
Ingredients
- 4 (1 1/2-inch thick) boneless pork loin chops
- Salt and pepper
- 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 3 turns of the pan
- 2 leeks
- 1 cup hazelnut or filbert nut pieces
- 1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries
- 1 cup Pinot Noir (recommended: Willamette Valley Oregon)
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 stick butter, divided
- 2 shallots, thinly sliced
- 1 pound crimini (baby portobello) mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
- 1/2 pound shiitake mushroom caps, sliced
- 1 bunch kale, chopped, 4 to 5 cups
- 1 (15-ounce) can sliced beets, drained
- 8 ounces blue cheese crumbles (recommended: Oregon)
- 1 loaf crusty whole-grain bread
- 3 tablespoons chopped chives
Directions
Preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Season chops with salt and pepper. Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil to the hot skillet and the chops. Cook chops 3 to 4 minutes on each side. While they cook, split leeks lengthwise, slice in 1/2-inch half-moon pieces and wash vigorously under running water in a colander to release sand. Shake to dry.
Preheat a second large skillet for your hash over medium-high heat. Add nuts to the skillet and brown 2 to 3 minutes then remove and reserve them.
To chop skillet, add another tablespoon extra and the leeks. Cook the leeks until tender, 5 minutes. Add cranberries and Pinot Noir to the pan. Scrape up the pan drippings and stir in chicken stock. When sauce comes up to a bubble, add the chops back to the pan and reduce heat to simmer. Finish cooking chops through, 10 minutes.
To the hash skillet, add a tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter. When butter melts into oil, add shallots then mushrooms and cook 5 minutes, then add kale. Wilt the kale into the pan and season with salt and pepper, to taste. When kale is hot and wilted, add beets and gently combine. Adjust seasonings.
Preheat broiler.
Pull chops from their sauce. Raise heat and bring back to a bubble. Cut off 4 thick slices of whole-grain bread. Char bread under broiler on each side while you finish the sauce. Add 2 tablespoons butter to the sauce to give it gloss and weight and turn off heat. Pour sauce over the chops. Serve hash alongside the chops and top with crumbles of blue cheese and reserved nuts. Spread charred bread with remaining butter and sprinkle liberally with chopped chives.
















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By little runner
on August 04, 2011
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Let me start by saying that the hash, when prepared with fresh roasted beets, is divine. I added a clove of chopped garlic to the vegetables to suit my tastes, and used 1/4 the amount of hazelnuts and blue cheese. The balance of flavors is fantastic.
My only complaint with the menu is that the pork was only okay. I followed the recipe to the letter and found that the red wine overpowered the leeks and caused the pork to taste off. If I were to make the pork recipe again, I would use a full-bodied, dry white wine to preserve the flavors and not overpower the pork, and would probably use less chicken stock.
As a tip, a previous reviewer asked how to keep the pork from getting tough between the pan-sear and simmering in the wine reduction: I used a pork tenderloin cut into 1" thick slices instead of loin chops and it remained tender and juicy throughout cooking.
By sandynmikega_12...
dawsonville, 49
on September 11, 2010
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My husband and I were watching this show and he thought the dish looked good. I got the basic ingrediants and made the dish. I had never eaten leeks before but was amazed at how good they were. this is a must try recipe.
Sandy
By sdallen809_12226624
Chapel Hill, 73
on October 14, 2009
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I prepared this recipe to prepare thick loin chops we'd process from a wild hog. The entire family loved it! Will definately make it again.
I made it with fresh beets and it turned out incredible. I, as another poster stated below, am not a fan of canned beets and there is such a world of difference in fresh ones it's a no brainer.
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