Cider-Brined Pork Chops with Creamed Leeks and Apples

Ingredients

  • 4 1/4 cups apple cider
  • 3 tablespoons coarse salt
  • 6 allspice berries
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 4 10-ounce bone-in center-cut pork rib chops

    • 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
    • 5 large leeks (white and pale green parts only), thinly sliced
    • 1 cup whipping cream

    • 1 1/2 pounds Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, halved, each half cut into 4 wedges
    • 2 tablespoons sugar
    • 1/2 cup chicken stock or canned low-salt chicken broth
    • 1/3 cup Calvados

    • Olive oil

    Description

    Brining The Pork Makes It Especially Juicy.

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