Bone-In Pork Chop with Maple Butter

Ingredients

• 1.2 oz Butter
• 8 oz Carrot
• 2 Garlic Cloves
• 3 Thyme Sprigs
• 2 Bone-in Pork Chops
• 1 fl. oz. Pure Maple Syrup
• 8 oz Broccoli
• 1 oz Sour Cream
• ½ oz Grated Parmesan Cheese
• Olive Oil
• Salt Pepper
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• coarsely mashed. Season with a pinch of salt and

Instructions

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   Cook Within: An immersion blender makes quick work of this broccoli mash. Simply blend in pot with all ingredients until desired texture Vermont may be the maple syrup champ in the United States, but not the rest of the world. That honor goes to the province of Quebec in Canada, where 75% of the world’s maple syrup is produced. Vermont, by contrast, accounts for only 6% of the planet’s sticky syrup goodness.

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   Prepare the Ingredients: Peel, trim, and cut carrot into ¼” diagonal slices.

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   Mince garlic. Stem thyme. Rinse pork chops, pat: dry, and season both sides with ½ tsp. salt and ¼ tsp.

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   Make the Broccoli Mash: Add broccoli to boiling water and cook until bright green and very tender, 4 minutes. Drain in colander and return to pot. Drain as much water from broccoli as you can. Add sour cream, Parmesan, and half the remaining garlic. Mash ingredients together until coarsely mashed. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Taste, and add remaining garlic if desired.

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   Roast the Carrots: Spread carrots, thyme (reserve a pinch for butter), and half the garlic (reserve remaining for broccoli olive oil, ¼ tsp. salt, and a pinch of pepper. Spread into a single layer and roast until tender and lightly caramelized, 18-20 minutes. While carrots roast, make maple butter.

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   Cook the Pork Chops: medium-high heat. Add pork chops to hot pan and cook until well-browned and pork reaches a minimum internal temperature of 145 degrees, 4-5 minutes per side. Remove from burner, remove chops to a plate, and let rest 5 minutes.

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   Make the Maple Butter: remaining thyme. Using a fork or back of a spoon, mash together until combined. Taste, and add more syrup as desired. Divide into two disks, cover with plastic, and refrigerate.

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   Plate the Dish: Place a serving of broccoli mash and carrots on a plate. Place pork chop in front and top with maple Most is added to carrots, and a pinch is added to maple butter. Half is added to carrots and remaining is added to taste to the recipe before you start–we promise it will be time Ƀ Set butter on counter to soften Ƀ Bring a medium pot of lightly salted water to a boil Ƀ Place a colander in the sink