Juniper Pork Chops

Categories: Juniper ber | Pork

Serves: 6 Servings

Ingredients:

1 oz Butter
2 tb Oil
1 md Onion; chopped
6 Pork spare-rib or boneless
-chops
2 Bay leaves
6 Peppercorns
1 1/4 c Cider; dry
Sauce:
1 oz Butter
1 Garlic clove; crushed
2 ts Juniper berries; crushed
1 oz Flour
1 1/4 c Stock; reserved
4 tb Sour cream
Salt and pepper

Instructions:
Heat butter and oil in a large frying pan and cook onions until golden.
Remove onions and reserve. *Add chops and brown on both sides. *Transfer
meat to a casserole and add onions, bay leaves, peppercorns and cider.
Cover and cook in the oven Gas Mark 4, 350F, 180C for 45 minutes or until
tender. *Remove chops and set aside in a serving dish to keep warm while
making sauce. Measure the cooking liquids from the casserole: you need
about 1-1/4 cups of this stock. *Melt butter in a saucepan and gently cook
garlic and juniper for 5 minutes. *Add flour, stir for a few minutes, then
gradually add the stock, stirring until smooth. *Add sour cream, season to
taste and reheat very gently. *Pour sauce over chops and serve.

Source: Cooking with Spices (1983) by Carolyn Heal & Michael Allsop (David
and Charles, Ltd. isbn0715383698) Recipe by Cooking with Spices (1983) by
Carolyn Heal and Michael Allsop
Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n322 by KitPATh on
Dec 20, 1997

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