{"id":2213,"date":"2014-09-21T06:40:08","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T06:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=2213"},"modified":"2014-09-21T06:40:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T06:40:08","slug":"pork-chops-seared-roasted-with-lemon-collards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=2213","title":{"rendered":"pork chops, seared, roasted with lemon; collards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/pork_chop_with_lemon_collards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2215\" src=\"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/pork_chop_with_lemon_collards.jpg\" alt=\"pork_chop_with_lemon_collards\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>loin pork chops from\u00a0Tamarack Hollow Farm, seared quickly, half of a lemon squeezed on top, then\u00a0baked in a hot oven and\u00a0\u00a0finished with\u00a0lovage from Mountain Sweet Berry Farm<\/li>\n<li>collard greens from Lucky Dog Farm, braised with halved garlic from Berried Treasures<\/li>\n<li>the wine was an Austrian white, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chelseawinevault.com\/white-wine\/adolf-heinrich-fuchs-sauvignon-blanc-qualitatswein-trocken-steiermark-2013#.VB5yEytdUbs\">Adolf &amp; Heinrich Fuchs Sauvignon Blanc\u00a0Qualit\u00e4tswein Trocken Steiermark 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This simple approach to cooking\u00a0pork\u00a0chops is one of my favorites; in fact it&#8217;s one of my favorite recipes period. \u00a0It&#8217;s foolproof, and the pork ends up incredibly juicy each time, and it takes a total of only about 20-25 minutes, most of it unattended. \u00a0It&#8217;s from the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #772124;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.strandbooks.com\/italian-3\/italian-two-easy-simple-recipes-from-the-london-river-cafe\">\u201cItalian\u00a0Two Easy\u201d<\/a>\u00a0London River Cafe cookbook, and\u00a0I like to share it at every opportunity I get. This is\u00a0my own, slightly-altered version of the recipe for the chops:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Pork Chops with Lemon<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">2\u00a0pork chops, cut 1 inch thick (if 1 1\/2 inches, increase each of the suggested 8 minute cooking times to about 10 minutes)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">1\/2 lemon<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Heat an enameled cast-iron pan* until very hot. \u00a0Heat the oven to 400\u00baF.<br \/>\nThoroughly dry and season each chop, put them in the pan and sear quickly on each side. Remove the pan from the heat.<br \/>\nSqueeze the lemon juice over the chops, and place the squeezed lemon half in the pan along with the chops. Roast in the oven for about\u00a08\u00a0minutes. Press the lemon half onto the chops and baste with the juice. Roast for another 8\u00a0minutes or until firm to the touch (think, checking for the doneness of a steak).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">OPTIONAL: Finish with a sprinkling of a chopped herb or herbs, or perhaps some\u00a0topped with warmed cherry tomato halves and\/or the\u00a0herb(s).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">* If no enameled cast-iron pan is available, the chops can be seared in one that is not, then transferred to an oven-proof ceramic or glass pan before being out into the oven, perhaps adjusting for the cooking time because the oven pan will not have been heated before being put\u00a0into the oven.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This simple approach to cooking\u00a0pork\u00a0chops is one of my favorites; in fact it&#8217;s one of my favorite recipes, period! \u00a0It&#8217;s foolproof, and the pork ends up incredibly juicy each time, and it takes a total of only about 20-25 minutes, most of it unattended. \u00a0It&#8217;s from the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #772124;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.strandbooks.com\/italian-3\/italian-two-easy-simple-recipes-from-the-london-river-cafe\">\u201cItalian\u00a0Two Easy\u201d<\/a>\u00a0London River Cafe cookbook, and\u00a0I like to share it at every opportunity I get. This is\u00a0my own, slightly-altered version of the recipe for the chops:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Pork Chops with Lemon<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">2\u00a0pork chops, cut 1 inch thick (if 1 1\/2 inches, increase each of the suggested 8 minute cooking times to about 10 minutes)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">1\/2 lemon<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Heat an enameled cast-iron pan* until very hot. \u00a0Heat the oven to 400\u00baF.<br \/>\nThoroughly dry and season each chop, put them in the pan and sear quickly on each side. Remove the pan from the heat.<br \/>\nSqueeze the lemon juice over the chops, and place the squeezed lemon half in the pan along with the chops. Roast in the oven for about 7-8\u00a0minutes. Press the lemon half onto the chops and baste with the juice. Roast for another 7-8\u00a0minutes or until firm to the touch (think of using your finger to check for the doneness of a steak).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">OPTIONAL: Finish with a sprinkling of a chopped herb or herbs, or perhaps some\u00a0topped with warmed cherry tomato halves and\/or the\u00a0herb(s).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">* If no enameled cast-iron pan is available, the chops can be seared in one that is not, then transferred to an oven-proof ceramic or glass pan before being put into the oven, adjusting for the cooking time because the second\u00a0pan will not have been heated before being put\u00a0into the oven.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>loin pork chops from\u00a0Tamarack Hollow Farm, seared quickly, half of a lemon squeezed on top, then\u00a0baked in a hot oven and\u00a0\u00a0finished with\u00a0lovage from Mountain Sweet Berry Farm collard greens from Lucky Dog Farm, braised with halved garlic from Berried Treasures the wine was an Austrian white, Adolf &amp; Heinrich Fuchs Sauvignon Blanc\u00a0Qualit\u00e4tswein Trocken Steiermark 2013 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meals-at-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}