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Spicy Grilled Pork Chops with Balsamic Peaches

Ingredients

  • 2 thick cut bone-in pork chops
  • 2 cups apple cider
  • 2 cups water
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • cup kosher salt
  • 2 sprigs rosemary
  • 2 cloves garlic peeled and smashed
  • 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
  • Olivia's Habanero Olive Oil
  • kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper

For the grilled peach salsa

  • 2 peaches pitted and halved
  • 2 tablespoons Habanero Olive Oil divided
  • 3 teaspoons granulated sugar divided
  • ½ cup slivered red onion
  • 3 teaspoons Olivia's Peach White Balsamic
  • teaspoons Vietnamese chili garlic sauce
  • Kosher salt
  • fresh basil leaves

Instructions

  • Rinse the pork chops, pat dry and place in a freezer bag.
  • Bring the apple cider, water, ½ cup sugar and ⅓ cup kosher salt to a boil in a small saucepan. Stir until sugar and salt dissolves.
  • Remove from heat and add a few ice cubes to cool the brine.
  • Allow to cool completely then add to the freezer bags with the pork chops along with the rosemary sprigs, garlic cloves and black peppercorns.
  • Refrigerate for at least 4 hours up to overnight.
  • Remove the pork chops from the brine and discard the brine.
  • Pat the pork dry with a paper towel and lightly brush with olive oil and season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • Preheat one side of the grill to high and one side to low.
  • Brown the chops for about 5 minutes or until nice grill marks develop and then turn to the other side and cook for another 5 minutes. Turn the chops over and move them to the low-heat part of the grill.
  • Cook for another 10-12 minutes or until the pork reaches an internal temperature of 155 degrees in the thickest part of the chop.
  • Transfer to a platter and tent with aluminum foil for about 5 minutes and chops reach 160 degrees.
  • While pork chops are cooking on the low temperature side of the grill, lightly coat the peach halves on the fleshy side of the fruit with 1 tablespoon of Habanero Olive Oil and sprinkle with 2 teaspoons of the sugar.
  • Grill the peaches flesh side down on the high temperature side of the grill for about 4-5 minutes on each side. Transfer to a cutting board and cut into slices.
  • Mix the red onions with the remaining tablespoon of habanero olive oil, peach white balsamic, chili garlic sauce, 1 teaspoon sugar and a pinch of kosher salt. Add the sliced peaches to the red onions and gently mix.
  • Top the pork chops with the peaches and onion mix and garnish with torn basil leaves.