Aquavit-Flambéed Pork Loin Chops with Apple and Onion Compote

Name: Aquavit-Flambéed Pork Loin Chops with Apple and Onion Compote
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Norway
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons unsalted butter; 3 onions, chopped; 4 sweet apples, such as Golden Delicious, peeled (optional), cored, and diced; Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; ⅓ cup aquavit, Mock Aquavit, or brandy; Four ½-pound pork chops, 1 inch thick; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; ½ teaspoon fennel seeds; ½ teaspoon caraway seeds; ½ teaspoon cumin seeds

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Kitchen of Light

By Andreas Viestad

Published 2003

About

AQUAVIT IS THE SPICED SCANDINAVIAN LIQUOR THAT IS TRADITIONALLY SERVED WITH HEAVY FOOD LIKE, LUTEFISK AND RIBBE. WITH ITS STRONG FLAVORS OF FENNEL, CARAWAY, AND ANISEED, AQUAVIT CAN SERVE OTHER PURPOSES AS WELL, SUCH AS MARINATING OR FLAMBÉING (IN THIS CASE, BOTH) PORK, ADDING FLAVOR TO THE LEAN AND SOMETIMES BLAND MEAT.

Ingredients

Four ½-pound pork chops, 1 inch thick
⅓ cup aquavit,

Europe
Norway
Scandinavian
Supper
Dinner
Spicy
Gluten-free
Scandinavia
Nordic

Method

Place the chops in a bowl. Add 3 tablespoons of the aquavit, the garlic, and half of each of the fennel seeds, caraway seeds, and cumin seeds. Cover and refrigerate for 12 to 24 hours, turning once.

To make the compote, heat 1