Chops With Mixed Fruit Recipes

PORK CHOPS WITH MIXED DRIED FRUIT

Steps:

• Place pork in 3 1/2- or 6-quart slow cooker. Layer dried fruit evenly over pork. Mix brown sugar, marmalade, vinegar, ginger and nectar; pour over pork and fruit.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 6 to 7 hours or until pork is slightly pink when cut near bone.
• Remove pork and fruit from cooker, using slotted spoon; cover and keep warm.
• Skim fat from pork juices in cooker if desired. Pour juices into 1-quart saucepan. Mix cornstarch and water; stir into juices. Cook on high heat 4 to 6 minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly. Serve sauce with pork and fruit.

FRUITED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Combine flour, oregano, salt, garlic powder and pepper in a shallow dish; coat chops, 1 at a time. In a nonstick skillet, brown the chops in olive oil on both sides. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker., Drain pineapple, reserving juice; set pineapple aside. In a bowl, combine the 3/4 cup pineapple juice with reserved pineapple juice. Stir in the water, brown sugar, onion and tomato paste; pour over chops. Sprinkle with raisins., Cover and cook on low until meat is tender, 4-5 hours. Stir in pineapple chunks. Cover and cook 15 minutes longer or until heated through.

MIXED FRUIT COMPOTE

Steps:

• Combine sugar and water in heavy small saucepan. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into pan; add bean. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high; boil 1 minute. Cool syrup. Transfer to bowl. Discard vanilla bean. Mix juice into syrup. Cover; chill until cold, at least 1 hour or overnight. Mix in fruit.

PORK CHOPS WITH JAMMY-MUSTARD GLAZE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, stir together 1/4 cup water, the preserves and the mustard. Set near the stove. Pat the pork chops dry, and season all over with salt and pepper.
• In a large (12-inch) cast-iron skillet, heat the oil over medium-high. Add the pork chops and cook, occasionally pressing down to make good contact with the skillet, until browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to low, flip the chops and cook until opaque on the other side, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in the jam-mustard mixture, turn off the heat, and let rest for 5 minutes.
• Transfer the chops to plates, then return the skillet to medium-low heat and simmer, scraping up browned bits, until the sauce has thickened slightly, 1 to 3 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings. Every jam is different, so if it's too sweet, add more mustard, salt or black pepper; if it's too salty, add a little more jam; if it's too intense or thick, add a little more water; if it's flat, add salt. Spoon sauce over the pork chops.

SLOW-COOKER TROPICAL PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 5 ingredients. Add pork, arranging chops to sit snugly in fruit mixture. Cook, covered, on low until meat is tender (a thermometer inserted in pork should read at least 145°), 3-4 hours., In a small bowl, mix remaining ingredients. To serve, remove pork chops from slow cooker. Using a slotted spoon, serve fruit over pork. Sprinkle with herb mixture.

PORK CHOPS WITH MIXED DRIED FRUIT

Steps:

• Place pork in 3 1/2 t 6 quart slow cooker. Layer dried fruit evenly over pork. Mix brown sugar, marmalade, vinegar, ginger and nectar; pour over pork and fruit.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 6 to 7 hours or until pork is slightly pink when cut near bone.
• Remove pork and fruit from cooker, using slotted spoon; cover and keep warm.
• Skim fat from pork juices in cooker if desired. Pour juices into 1 quart saucepan. Mix cornstarch and water; stir into juices. Cook on high heat 4 to 6 minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly. Serve sauce with pork and fruit.