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Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons butter, divided
  • 12 leaves sage
  • 2 onions, quartered and sliced
  • 3 quick-cooking apples such as Macintosh, peeled, cored cut into 8 wedges each
  • Salt
  • Freshly grated nutmeg, to taste
  • 4 bone-in pork chops about 1-inch thick
  • Pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 shallots, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup chicken stock
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Tamari/dark soy sauce
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup

Yield

Serves: 4

Preparation

Melt about 3 tablespoons of butter in a medium-size skillet over medium heat. When it foams, add sage leaves and cook leaves to crisp and the butter is brown. Remove the leaves to a plate and reserve. Add onions to brown butter and cook 20-25 minutes to light caramel in color. Raise heat a bit, add apples and cook to tender-crisp, 5 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste.
 
Meanwhile, heat a large, cast-iron or heavy skillet over medium-high heat. When onions are half-cooked, season the chops with salt and pepper on both sides and add olive oil to the pan, 1 turn of the pan. Brown chops on both sides and edges then remove to a plate and reduce heat to medium. Add remaining tablespoon of butter to pan and when it foams, add shallots and garlic. Stir a minute or so; add stock and scrape up drippings. Add Worcestershire, soy sauce and maple syrup, and bring to bubble. Slide pork back in and turn in sauce to coat. Let sauce simmer 4-5 minutes to coat chops.

 
Serve chops topped with crispy sage leaves and apples and onions alongside.