Dear Follow Me Foodie readers,
I’m entering the Maple Leaf Prime Pork contest for Western food bloggers. Selected Western Canadian food bloggers have been chosen to compete, so I’m honored to join in on the fun!
How to vote:
1) View and vote for recipes here
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The contest will run until Oct. 15 so please put in your vote before then. Thank you for your support!
Please find my recipe inspired by Maple Leaf Prime Pork!
Pork Chops with Apple & Rosemary Crumble
Pork chops and apple crumble? This is a delicious collaboration of dinner and dessert! It’s a classic combination of pork and apples with a modern twist. These pork chops are topped with sweet apples and a savoury Rosemary crumble.
Ingredients:
- 4 Maple Leaf Prime Pork Loin boneless centre cut chops
- ⅓ cup apple juice
- 2 tbsp water
- Salt and pepper
- Butter for greasing dish
- ½ Granny Smith apple – peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
- ½ tbsp lemon juice
Rosemary Crumble:
- ⅓ cup all purpose flour
- ½ tbsp packed brown sugar
- ⅛ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp of salt
- ⅛ tsp freshly cracked black pepper
- 4 tbsp cold unsalted butter, cubed
- ½ tbsp packed brown sugar
- 2 springs fresh Rosemary leaves
- 2 tbsp Pecan pieces (optional)
Serves 4 Preparation time: 20 min Cooking time: 38-45 min
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Grease an 11-in. x 7-in. x 2-in. baking dish.
- Pierce both sides of pork chops with a fork about 5-7 times. Season both sides with salt and pepper and place into greased baking dish.
- Mix apple juice and water into a separate bowl and pour over pork chops.
- Peel, core, and thinly slice the apple into wedges. Fan the wedges over top the pork chops and sprinkle apples with lemon juice to prevent browning.
- In a mixing bowl, mash flour, sugar, nutmeg, salt, pepper, and butter until a coarse crumbly texture forms. Remove Rosemary leaves from stems and coarsely chop the leaves. Add the Rosemary to the flour mixture. Mix until combined.
- Spoon the crumble mixture over top apple slices and spread evenly.
- Bake for 38-45 minutes (depending on thickness) until pork in tender and fully cook and topping is golden brown. For a crispier crumble topping place under broiler for extra 2 minutes.
- Allow pork to rest 2 minutes before serving. There should be a hint of pink when cut.
Note: Following step 6 it is optional to add Pecan pieces if you want a nutty crunch to the crumble topping.
Sweeter note: Maple glaze the pecans.
Shortcut: Use store bought applesauce in replace of sliced apples as an easy time saver.
Mijune,
Good luck !!! Very nice looking chops…your pics make us drool.
Excellent recipe! What sides do you suggest?
Bow – thanks so much!!! You should enter this contest! I’m sure you have brilliant ideas for pork!
Laura – thank you!! Great question!
Possible Sides:
1. Sauteed green beans with bacon and Maple pecans
2. Rosemary sweet potatoes or scalloped potatoes and you can use the rosemary crumble for the gratin topping if you wish
3. Sauteed apples and acorn squash in brown butter
4. Rice or roasted potatoes if you want to keep it simple
voted!!! GOOD LUCK! Those pork chops were delicious!
Those look so good! Wish I had a bite. It looks alot like an apple tart, yummy!
I signed in a facebook account and figured out how to vote and I succeeded today >I<
Does it mean that I can log in to my facebook account every day and vote for your recipe everyday until the closing date?
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^_^ Oh my gosh! Thank you for signing up for a FB account to vote! Yes it does mean you can vote every day! Thank you SO SO much for the incredible support! 😀
What a great recipe!! I can’t wait to try it! BTW.. I have a recipe swap on my blog every Thursday – http://prairiestory.blogspot.com/
Hi Allison, Thanks so much for the comment! I love the concept of your blog and can’t wait to start swamping recipes and checking out all the ones available on your site. What a great idea! Cheers!
I think one can vote TWICE a day, if one log in and vote in the morning, and then log in again just before midnight to vote a 2nd time. Please email this to everyone.
Only 5 days left.
Thank you Thank you!!! Please vote for me!! I appreciate all the support! Please hit “publish” so the votes count 🙂