How to Make Pork Chops with Apple Raisin Compote

My husband is such an amazing cook that I never order things at restaurants that I know he can make better at home.  But I have never even seen a dish at a restaurant like his Pork Chops with Apples and Raisin Compote.

This dish is a nice combination of the sweet and the savory, with the tender pork absorbing the juices from the apple to really give it an incredible flavor.   Please note that if you have a gluten , soy or egg allergy this dish is safe for you to eat!

Ingredients:

• 4 center cut 3/4″-1″ thick pork chops
• 3 apples (Fuji, Gala, golden delicious) peeled and cubed
• 1 large onion diced
• 2 cups apple cider
• 1 cup white wine
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
• 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
• 2 tablespoons butter
• salt & pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat a medium size oven proof pan that has a tight fitting lid. Add 1 tablespoon of butter, salt and pepper pork chops and start to brown in pan. Turn once browning other side of pork chops, then remove from pan and set aside. Add additional tablespoon of butter to pan and begin to saute onions. Once onions have begun to soften add apples to pan and continue to cook for 2-3 minutes. Add raisins, apple cider, wine, rosemary and sage and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 2-3 minutes allowing alcohol from wine to dissipate. Return pork chops to pan covering them with liquid and apple mixture, cover pan with lid and place in oven. Bake in oven for 45 minutes to an hour. As long as the pork chops remain submerged in liquid the longer this cooks the more flavorful and tender the pork chops become.

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