Grilled Pork Chops Filled with Sundried Cranberries

Ingredients

Cranberry Filled Pork Tenderloin:

• 4 pork chops, 1-inch thick
• Salt and freshly pepper
• Cranberry filling, recipe follows
• Cranberry sauce, recipe follows
• Olive oil

Garnish:

• Dried cranberries
• Toasted pine nuts

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Cut a pocket into the side of each pork chop going 3/4 of the way through. Season chop with salt and pepper and stuff the pocket with the cranberry filling.

Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a medium oven-proof saute pan over high heat. Add the pork chops and sear on both sides. Add 1 cup chicken cranberry sauce. Place the pan in the oven and roast until the meat is firm to the touch, about 8 to 10 minutes. Spoon the chicken-cranberry sauce on a plate and top with pork chops. Garnish with dried cranberries and toasted pine nuts.

Sundried Cranberry Filling:

• 1 cup sundried cranberries
• 2 tablespoons pinenuts, toasted
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cascabel chile powder
• Salt

Place the cranberries in a medium bowl and cover with boiling water, let sit 30 minutes to rehydrate. Drain and reserve soaking liquid. Place cranberries and remaining ingredients in a food processor with a 1/4 cup of the soaking liquid and process until smooth. Pass through a fina strainer. Season with salt.

Chicken-Cranberry Sauce:

• 4 cups homemade chicken stock
• 1/4 cup white wine
• 1/4 cup red wine
• 1/4 cup cranberry juice
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon chipotle puree
• Salt

Place chicken stock in a nonreactive medium saucepan over high heat and cook until reduced to 2 cups. Add, wines, cranberry juice, brown sugar, peppercorns and chipotle puree and continue cooking until thickened to a sauce consistency. Season with salt.