Blue Cheese, Smoked Almond, and Chive-Crusted

Ingredients

• 14 oz Carrot
• 1 oz Smoked Almonds
• 6 Chives
• 2 Bone-in Pork Chops
• ½ oz Honey
• 1 oz Blue Cheese
• Olive Oil
• Salt Pepper

Instructions

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   Cooking Spray: Medium Oven-Safe Pan

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   Cook Within: Carrots should be lightly charred, adding smoky flavors to help balance the sweetness of honey. The combination of blue cheese, almonds, and honey creates serious flavor synergy, and they’re commonly paired together on

3. 3

   Prepare the Ingredients: Peel carrot, trim, and cut into french fry-sized sticks. Coarsely chop smoked almonds. Mince chives. Rinse pork chops, pat dry, and season both sides with a pinch of salt and pepper.

4. 4

   Heat a medium oven-safe pan over medium-high: heat. Add 2 tsp. olive oil and pork chops to hot pan and cook on one side until well-browned, 3-6

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   Roast the Carrots: 1 Tbsp. olive oil, honey, and ¼ tsp. salt. Spread into a single layer and roast until very tender and lightly charred, 20-25 minutes. While carrots roast, make

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   Top the Pork Chops: Flip chops and spoon blue cheese-almond topping over seared side. Place pan in oven and roast until cheese melts and chops reach a minimum internal temperature of 145 degrees, 3-5 minutes. Transfer chops to cutting board and rest at least 5 minutes.

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   Plate the Dish: Place a pork chop on a plate and serve carrots alongside. Garnish carrots with remaining chives. recipe–it has bigger grains and is easier to pinch than table salt, allowing more control over flavor. If using regular table salt, reduce measured amounts by half. twice. Half are added to blue cheese-almond mixture and remaining garnish dish. Ƀ Be very careful handling pan after it’s been in the oven. Wrap a dry dish towel around handle to protect your hand. the recipe before you start–we promise it will be time