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Pork Chops with Mustard Cream Sauce
Created by Chef Ally
Golden-crusted pork chops draped in a velvety mustard cream sauce, the kind of French bistro cooking that turns a weeknight into something worth lingering over.
Start with the pork. Find a butcher who knows the farmer, or better yet, find the farmer yourself. Heritage breeds raised outdoors carry a depth of flavor that factory pork cannot approach. The marbling matters. The thickness matters. A chop cut an inch and a quarter thick will stay juicy at the center while developing that deep golden crust we are after.
This is the cooking I fell in love with in France: a perfect ingredient, a hot pan, a simple sauce made from the fond left behind. The mustard cream comes together in minutes while the chops rest. Dijon provides the backbone, cream softens it, and the pan drippings tie everything to the meat itself.
Every meal is a meaningful choice. When you buy pork from a farmer who raises animals on pasture, you taste the difference and you support a system worth preserving. The sauce cannot hide inferior meat. It can only honor what is already there.
Ingredients
bone-in pork chops
Quantity
4, 1 1/4 inches thick (about 12 ounces each)
kosher salt
Quantity
to taste
black pepper
Quantity
to taste
freshly cracked
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| bone-in pork chops | 4, 1 1/4 inches thick (about 12 ounces each) |
| kosher salt | to taste |
| black pepperfreshly cracked | to taste |
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