Pork Steaks and Baked Apples

Name: Pork Steaks and Baked Apples
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: Salt and coarsely ground black pepper; Pinch cayenne; 1 teaspoon minced garlic; 4 crisp apples, like Cortland or Macoun, skin on, cored and cut into eighths; 1/2 cup semisweet white wine, like muscatel or off-dry riesling; 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; About 1 1/2 to 2 pounds 1-inch thick pork steaks, cut from the boneless loin or shoulder; Flour for dusting; 1 cup fruity but sturdy red wine, like Barolo or a ready-to-drink Cabernet

By Mark Bittman

Total Time: 30 minutes
Rating: 4(51)
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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings

Salt and coarsely ground black pepper
Pinch cayenne
1teaspoon minced garlic
4crisp apples, like Cortland or Macoun, skin on, cored and cut into eighths
½cup semisweet white wine, like muscatel or off-dry riesling
3tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
About 1½ to 2 pounds 1-inch thick pork steaks, cut from the boneless loin or shoulder
Flour for dusting
1cup fruity but sturdy red wine, like Barolo or a ready-to-drink Cabernet

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Preparation

Step 1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine a large pinch of salt with a few grindings of pepper, the cayenne and garlic, and sprinkle apples with this mixture. Put apples in a baking dish, pour white wine around them, and bake until apples are shriveled but moist, about 15 minutes.
Step 2
Meanwhile, heat oil over medium heat in a skillet large enough to hold pork. Dust pork lightly with flour and sear it on both sides for a total of just a minute or so; it need not become brown. Add red wine and adjust heat so mixture boils energetically. Cook pork, turning occasionally, until it gains a beautiful deep color, is cooked through and wine reduces to a syrup; about 10 minutes. Season meat with salt and pepper.
Step 3
Serve pork with red wine sauce spooned over it, next to apples, with a little of the white wine they cooked in.