Grilled Pork Loin Chops with Apple Compote
By Joe Fortes restaurant
Serves 4
4 x 12oz thick cut, bone in pork loin chops
240ml orange juice
60ml soy sauce
7.5ml chopped garlic
30ml Dijon
30ml honey
pinch cayenne
Mix the orange juice, soy sauce, chopped garlic, Dijon, honey and cayenne together. Pour marinade over pork chops. Let pork chops marinade for 2-4 hours; turn halfway through to ensure pork chops are well coated in the marinade. Remove pork chops from marinade and pat dry, discard marinade.
Heat BBQ to medium; grill pork chops to desired doneness (medium well preferably), Serve with apple chutney, recipe follows.
Apple Chutney
1.25kg granny Smith apples
125ml champagne or white wine vinegar
300ml cider Vinegar
150ml white Sugar
1 star anise
30ml lemon Juice
salt to taste
Put vinegars lemon juice and sugar in pan and reduce until syrup consistency. Peel, core and dice apples. Add apples and star anise to syrup and cook 10-15 minutes or until apples are translucent. Season to taste.