Recipe - Plum Crazy Pork Chops

6 Center cut pork chops
12 ounce Plum preserves
(1 One half C)
12 ounce Hearty beer
or ale (1 One half c)
1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
One fourth cup Cider vinegar
3 md Garlic cloves, minced
2 teaspoon Dijon style mustard
One half teaspoon Hot pepper sauce
or more to taste
One half teaspoon Ground allspice
Salt and freshly
ground pepper to taste
2 tablespoon Olive oil

Finely chop any large pieces of fruit in the preserves. Combine the
preserves, beer Worcestershire sauce, cider vinegar,garlic, mustard,
allspice and hot pepper sauce in a medium saucepan. Bring to a full rolling
boil over high heat. Reduce heat to mediumlow; cook, uncovered until the
sauce thickly caots a spoon, about 40 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.
Refrigerating a few hours or overnight improves the sauce. Trim any excess
fat from the pork chops; season the meat on both sides with salt and
pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in each of two large skillets over mediumhigh heat.
Brown the chops (3 in each skillet) on each side, about 4 minutes per side.
Reduce heat to mediumlow; pou hot plum the sauce over the chops, dividing
it equally between two skillets. Cover and cook 6 minutes, flip the chops
over and continue cooking until done to your preference. Serve hot topped
with sauce. 429 cal, 16g fat, 22g protein, 46g carbohydrate, 70g
colesterol, 5g saturated fat, 405g sodium
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #304

Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 22:30:02 0500

From: Walt Gray waltgray@mnsinc.com