Balsamic-Glazed Pork Chops

These were so tasty! They were easy to make too. The vinaigrette was also wonderful on a salad the next day.

Balsamic-Glazed Pork Chops From Martha Stewart's Everyday Food

4 bone-in pork rib chops
coarse salt and ground pepper
1/2 cup Balsamic-Rosemary Vinaigrette (recipe follows)

Place pork in a shallow dish and season with salt and pepper. Pour vinaigrette over pork, and turn to coat. Cover, and refrigerate at least 1 hour (or up to 1 day).

Heat broiler, with rack set 4" from heat. Remove pork from marinade (let excess drip off), place on foil-lined rimmed baking sheet. Broil, without turning, until opaque throughout, 8 to 10 minutes (if browning too quickly, turn them). Let rest 5 minutes before serving.


Balsamic-Rosemary Vinaigrette
In a blender, combine 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar, 1 T Dijon mustard, 1 small garlic clove, 1 T fresh rosemary leaves (or 1/4 tsp dried), 2 T water, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp ground pepper. Blend until smooth. With machine running, add 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil in a thin stream; blend until creamy. To store: refrigerate up to 2 weeks.

Versatile Vinaigrette

I am growing just about everything imaginable this year. Some things are doing really well, others not so good. I have lettuce growing in a container on my front deck and it looks really good. I decided the other day to use it to make a salad for dinner. I also have radishes in a container so I decided to pick some of those too. Unfortunately, the radishes fall into the not so good catergory and the biggest one I found was about the size of a pea. It still tasted like a radish though. Anyway, I wanted to make a different kind of dressing for the salad and I found this recipe in a light cooking book. It was really easy and it tasted great. It says that it is a good dressing for pasta salad too which I am looking forward to trying soon too.

Versatile Vinaigrette from Six Ingredients or Less Cookbook

1/4 cup olive oil
2 T red wine vinegar
1 T Dijon Mustard

Combine ingredients; mix well to blend (I used a whisk to mix). Makes about 1/2 cup.