Mixing tastes like sweet and sour or salty and sour in the same dish can be interesting. This is one of those not very common but exceptionally tasty pork chop recipes people like to order when dining out. Now you can cook such delicious meals at home, too.

Ingredients:

4 pork chop cuts, boneless, about 1/2 inch thick (free range pork is the best, if you can find it)

2 apples, cored and sliced in quarters (peeled or not, according to your preference; if you get red apples, the peel adds a very nice color to the food so it’s better to leave it in)

2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, ground

1/4 cup apple juice

1/4 cup lemon juice

Salt and pepper

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Serves 4

Method:

Preheat the oven at 350 F. Meanwhile, take a frying pan, oil it and brown the pork chops on both sides for several minutes. Put the apples, the apple juice, the lemon juice, the cinnamon and the rosemary in a baking dish, add the pork chops on top, sprinkle everything with olive oil, then bake the dish for about 45 minutes. If you want, you can skip the chops browning, but you need to be aware that in this case your chops won’t have that appealing, golden look that makes one’s mouth water.

This roasted pork chop recipe is best served with steamed vegetables and with a glass of dry white wine.