Amazing Gordon Ramsay pork chop recipe with Mustard Grain Sauce, Braised cabbage, great mashed potatoes, and magnificent caramelized tart apples. Amaze your family with this delightful port chop recipe. Pork chops are one of the simplest proteins to prepare for an easy weeknight meal. Pork chops come from the back of the pig, have part of the back-rib meat, and normally have the bone. Bone-in pork chops can be very tasty and tender when prepared correctly, although pork chops are a lean cut of meat (see also ‘Grilled Double Bone-In Pork Chop‘).
How to Make Gordon Ramsay Pork Chops
The following Gordon Ramsay pork chops recipe gives you the foundation for cooking the most flawlessly juicy and tender pork chops, just right for a simple weeknight meal or as the showpiece of a larger dinner party.
Prepare Pork Chop
Step 1. Season Pork with oil, salt, and pepper.
Step 2. Sear on all sides until browned
Step 3. Remove pork from the pan
Step 4. Add in shallots and garlic with a bit more Avacodo oil. Cook until translucent
Step 5. Deglaze pan with calvados and flambé to burn off the alcohol
Step 6. Add in stock and reduce by half. Add in mustard and cream and reduce until nape.
Step 7. Season with salt and finish with butter.
Prepare Braised Cabbage
Step 1. Cut red cabbage and red Onion into thin strips
Step 2. Heat a medium saucepan with a tablespoon of avocado oil
Step 3. Sweat the cabbage and Onion
Step 4. Add seeds, vinegar, wine and juice
Step 5. Cook on low until there is a little liquid
Step 6. Season to taste with salt and finish with butter
Prepare Yukon Mashed Potatoes
Step 1. Place the potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with cold water by two inches. Add ½ tsp. of salt and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to simmer, cover the pot partially, and cook until the Yukon potatoes are very tender when tested with the tip of a sharp paring knife, 25 – 30 minutes.
Step 2. Drain the Yukon potatoes, and set aside some of the cooking water.
Step 3. Blend the cream and butter in a small saucepan over medium heat and simmer.
Step 4. Place the Yukon potatoes through a potato ricer or food mill and return them to the pot over low heat. Add the hot cream and butter mixture and mix with a wooden spoon. If the Yukon potatoes are too thick, add a small amount of the reserved cooking water until they are the consistency you like or use a hand mixer for a smoother texture.
Step 5. Season to taste with salt and pepper and set aside to keep warm.
Prepare Caramelized Apples
Step 1. Peel apples and remove the core
Step 2. Cut into rings
Step 3. Add half of the brown sugar into a nonstick pan & cook until melted
Step 4. Deglaze with apple brandy
Step 5. Return to flame. Add remaining brown sugar cinnamon stick, clove, star anise and butter.
Step 6. Cook until the sugar has melted and has a caramel sauce consistency
Step 7. Finish with a little more butter
Gordon Ramsay Pork Chops with Mashed Potatoes and Caramelized Apples
Course: MainCuisine: American4
servings30
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minutesThe following Gordon Ramsay pork chops recipe provides the foundation for cooking the most flawlessly juicy and tender pork chops.
Ingredients
- For Pork Chop
4 8 oz. Pork Chops
Salt
Pepper
Grape Seed Oil
2 tbsp. 2 Dijon Mustard
1 Small 1 shallot minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 oz. 2 Heavy Cream
3 oz. 3 Calvados
1 Cup 1 Chicken Stock
- Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes
1 ¾ lb. Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
1 C. 1 cream
3 Tbsp. 3 unsalted butter softened
1/2 tsp. 1/2 Kosher salt
1/2 tsp. 1/2 Ground black pepper
- For Caramelized Apples
4 Granny Smith Apples
4 oz. 4 Butter
1 oz. 1 Apple Brandy
4 oz. 4 Brown Sugar
1 Clove
1 Cinnamon Stick
1 Star anise
- For Braised Cabbage
½ head Read Cabbage
½ Red Onion
2 oz. 2 Apple Cider vinegar
4 oz. 4 Red Wine
1 tsp. 1 Mustard Seeds
1 tsp. 1 Caraway Seeds
1 tbsp. 1 Avocado oil
Directions
- For Pork Chop
- Season Pork with oil, salt, and pepper.
- Sear on all sides until browned
- Remove pork from the pan
- Add in shallots and garlic with a bit more Avacodo oil. Cook until translucent
- Deglaze pan with calvados and flambé to burn off the alcohol
- Add in stock and reduce by half. Add in mustard and cream and reduce until nape.
- Season with salt and finish with butter.
- Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes
- Place the potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with cold water by two inches. Add ½ tsp. of salt and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to simmer, cover the pot partially, and cook until the Yukon potatoes are very tender when tested with the tip of a sharp paring knife, 25 – 30 minutes.
- Drain the Yukon potatoes, and set aside some of the cooking water.
- Blend the cream and butter in a small saucepan over medium heat and simmer.
- Place the Yukon potatoes through a potato ricer or food mill and return them to the pot over low heat. Add the hot cream and butter mixture and mix with a wooden spoon. If the Yukon potatoes are too thick, add a small amount of the reserved cooking water until they are the consistency you like or use a hand mixer for a smoother texture.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper and set aside to keep warm.
- For Caramelized Apples
- Peel apples and remove the core
- Cut into rings
- Add half of the brown sugar into a nonstick pan & cook until melted
- Deglaze with apple brandy
- Return to flame. Add remaining brown sugar cinnamon stick, clove, star anise and butter.
- Cook until the sugar has melted and has a caramel sauce consistency
- Finish with a little more butter
- For Braised Cabbage
- Use Mandolin to cut red cabbage and red Onion into thin strips
- Heat a medium saucepan with a tablespoon of avocado oil
- Sweat the cabbage and Onion
- Add seeds, vinegar, wine and juice
- Cook on low until there is a little liquid
- Season to taste with salt and finish with butter
Recipe Video
Notes
- Adapted from Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen
