Spanish pork chops with avocado and tomato salad

AUTHOR
Valentine Lee
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 3
COOK TIME
75 mins
TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 big orange
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 7-10 Tbsp Juice of 3 limes
  • 100 ml + 3 tablespoons of good olive oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper, ground cumin, sugar
  • 4 released pork chops (approx. 200 g each)
  • 75 g White bread (1-2 days old)
  • 1 kg Potatoes
  • 600 g Tomatoes
  • 1 Onion
  • 3 TABLESPOONS white balsamic vinegar
  • 1 ripe avocado (e.g. hate)
  • 200 ml Milk
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Butter

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: see manufacturer). For the sauce, peel the orange so that the white skin is completely removed. Cut the orange into pieces. Peel garlic.

  2. 2

    Puree both with lime juice and 100 ml oil with a hand blender to a creamy sauce. Season to taste with salt, pepper and 1 tsp. cumin.

  3. 3

    Wash the chops, dab dry, cut in half and tap flatter. Place in a large casserole dish or fat pan (deep baking tray). Crumble bread and sprinkle the meat with it. Pour sauce over it.

  4. 4

    Braise in a hot oven for about 1 hour.

  5. 5

    In the meantime peel, wash and cut the potatoes into pieces. Cover and cook in salted water for about 20 minutes.

  6. 6

    For the salad, wash the tomatoes and cut them into large pieces. Peel onion and cut into thin rings. Mix vinegar with salt, pepper and 1 pinch of sugar. Fold in 3 tablespoons of oil. Halve the avocado and stone it.

  7. 7

    Remove the flesh from the skin and cut into thin slices. Mix tomatoes, onions, avocado and vinaigrette.

  8. 8

    For the puree, drain the potatoes. Add milk and butter and mash to the puree. Season to taste with salt. Arrange chops with mashed potatoes and salad. Stir the sauce again well and add.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
830 kcal
CARBS
49 g
FATS
46 g
PROTEINS
50 g