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Pork Steaks and Baked Apples
Braising these pork steaks in red wine helps to keep them moist, and using the same wine in the reduction guarantees a perfect match. Baked apples give this dish a touch of sweetness.
Yield: 4
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- Salt and coarsely ground black pepper
- Pinch cayenne
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 4 crisp apples, like Cortland or Macoun, skin on, cored and cut into eighths
- 1/2 cup semisweet white wine, like Muscatel or off-dry Riesling
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- About 1 1/2 to 2 pounds 1-inch thick pork steaks, cut from the boneless loin or shoulder
- Flour for dusting
- 1 cup fruity but sturdy red wine, like Barolo or a ready-to-drink Cabernet
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine a large pinch of salt with a few grindings of pepper, the cayenne and garlic, and sprinkle apples with this mixture. Put apples in a baking dish, pour white wine around them, and bake until apples are shriveled but moist, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat oil over medium heat in a skillet large enough to hold pork. Dust pork lightly with flour and sear it on both sides for a total of just a minute or so; it need not become brown. Add red wine and adjust heat so mixture boils energetically. Cook pork, turning occasionally, until it gains a beautiful deep color, is cooked through and wine reduces to a syrup; about 10 minutes. Season meat with salt and pepper.
Serve pork with red wine sauce spooned over it, next to apples, with a little of the white wine they cooked in.
Meanwhile, heat oil over medium heat in a skillet large enough to hold pork. Dust pork lightly with flour and sear it on both sides for a total of just a minute or so; it need not become brown. Add red wine and adjust heat so mixture boils energetically. Cook pork, turning occasionally, until it gains a beautiful deep color, is cooked through and wine reduces to a syrup; about 10 minutes. Season meat with salt and pepper.
Serve pork with red wine sauce spooned over it, next to apples, with a little of the white wine they cooked in.
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