Pork Chops with Blueberry Sauce

PorkChops with Blueberry Sauce & Mashed Sweet Potatoes

I like the Cuisine at Home cookbooks. They have pretty pictures and directions that really explain HOW to make the dish and why. And every time I cook using one of their recipes, I love it! Plus the ingredients are easy to find. I do love Rachel Ray, but she seems to always have weird ingredients that are hard to find and I don't really have the time to go hunting.


This recipe is from their Weeknight Menus cookbook.


I suppose you could probably do it with chicken or even beef, but the flavor of pork really seems to go well with the blueberry sauce. And I should probably add this... if you're not a "sweet meat" kind of person this probably isn't the dish for you.



saute the meat in 2 tablespoons olive oil

4 boneless porkchops (cut in half for smaller portion)

I sprinkled the chops with some garlic sauce and some dried seasonings while cooking. It doesn't really matter what, just something to give it some flavor.


Once the chops are cooked remove from the pan and place in a covered plate to keep warm.


In the same pan that you cooked the chops, Saute 1-2 tablespoons minced shallots.




Deglaze the pan with redwine: 1/4 cup dry red wine
simmer the red wine until it is nearly evaporated. (about 2 minutes)


stir in following ingredients:
1/2 cup beef broth
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
bring to a boil & then simmer until blueberries begin to burst.
They will burst and thicken. Just keep stiring until it makes a nice thick sauce.



Remove from heat & stir in 1 tablespoon butter, season with salt & pepper



Those are mashed sweet potatoes in the background... all you do is peel 2-3 large sweet potatoes and chop them up. Then boil them in salted water until you can mash them like regular potatoes.


Add 3 tablespoons butter and the just of one lemon, then add salt and pepper to taste.


Easy Peasy!





To serve your meal altogether...


spoon a mound of the sweet potatoes on the plate, top with pork chops and then spoon the sauce over the whole thing. The sauce really brings it all together. Then garnish with parsley and lemons.