Honey Dijon Grilled Ontario Pork Chop
Serving: 4
Cooking time: 90 minutes
Romain Avril
SUMMER BBQ FEAST
Ingredients
Pork chops
- 2 (12 oz) Ontario pork chops
- 4 tbsps (60 ml) Maille Honey Dijon Mustard
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Fleur de sel to taste
Charcutière sauce
- 1 onion, diced small
- 3 Tbsps (45 ml) Pork (or veal) demi-glace
- 1 cup (240 ml) chicken stock
- ¼ cup (60 ml) white wine
- 1 Tbsp (15 ml) Maille Dijon Original Mustard
- 1 Tbsp (15 ml) Maille Old Style Mustard
- ¼ cup (45 g) Maille Gherkins, julienne
- 1 ½ Tbsp (22.5 g) butter
- 2 Tbsps (30 ml) beurre manié (half-and-half mixture of flour and softened butter)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Balsamic glazed grilled summer vegetables
- 2 pcs red pepper, deseeded
- 2 pcs striped eggplants (sliced ¼ inch thick lengthwise)
- 2 pcs green zucchinis (sliced ¼ inch thick lengthwise)
- ¼ cup (60 ml) Maille Balsamic Vinegar
- ¼ cup (60 ml) olive oil
- 12 pcs parsley leaves
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Fleur de sel
Pan-seared mustardy smashed new potatoes
- 2 lbs new potatoes
- 2 tbsp Maille Old-Style Mustard
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled
- 4 sprigs thyme
- 2 + 1 tbsp (45 ml) olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp butter
Mixed greens + fine herbs + Maille Sherry dressing
- ½ head radicchio, broken down and washed
- ½ head red oak lettuce, broken down and washed
- 1 leaf lettuce, picked and washed
- ¼ cup parsley leaves, picked and washed
- 3 pcs radishes, washed and thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) Maille Dijon Original Mustard
- 2 tbsps (30 ml) Maille Sherry Vinegar
- 4 tbsps (60 ml) olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation
Pork chops
- Temper the pork chops while preheating your BBQ up.
- Season with salt and pepper and rub mustard on both sides.
- Grill pork chops to your liking, I recommend cooking until a meat thermometer reads 145°F (slightly pink and juicy).
- Rest for 5-10 minutes on a resting rack and rewarm on the BBQ for 45 seconds on both sides.
- Remove the bone, cut the fat cap off and slice the loin and fat cap against the grain.
- Plate up, season with fleur de sel and serve with the rest of the sides and sauces.
Charcutière sauce
- In a medium size saucepan on medium heat, melt the butter and add the diced onions. Season with salt and sweat without browing (about 1 minute)
- Deglaze with white wine and reduce by half.
- Add the stock and demi-glace and reduce until the mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon.
- Whisk in the mustards and, beurre manié. Sauce will start to thicken (I recommend adding the beurre manié in two parts to prevent the sauce from becoming too thick).
- Fold in the julienne gherkins and adjust the seasoning if necessary.
- Keep warm until ready to serve.
Balsamic glazed grilled summer vegetables
- Place the eggplant slices on a resting rack and season with salt. Set aside for 30 minutes to release water form the eggplant.
- Season the zucchini and red pepper. Toss all the veggies in olive oil.
- Grill the veggies on the BBQ, brushing with Modena vinegar while cooking.
- Cut into smaller pieces.
- Plate grilled veggies, sprinkle with fleur de sel, drizzle with olive oil and Modena vinegar and garnish with parsley leaves.
- Keep warm until ready to serve.
Pan-seared mustard smashed baby potatoes
- Add potatoes to a large saucepan, filled with cold water and set heat to medium.
- Add thyme and garlic and boil until a knife inserted in the potatoes it comes out easily.
- Drain water, place potatoes in a medium stainless steel bowl.
- Season with salt and pepper, then add the mustard and 2/3 of the olive oil.
- Mash until well combined.
- Place the potato mixture in ring moulds to form “patties”. Place in fridge to set.
- In a large non-stick pan, heat a drizzle of olive oil.
- Sear potato patties until they are crisp – on the outside.
- Flip, add the butter and baste until golden brown.
- Plate up, season with Fleur de Sel and keep warm until ready to eat.
Mixed greens + fine herbs + Maille Sherry dressing
- Wash the lettuce and tear into pieces. Place in a large stainless-steel bowl.
- Mix in the sliced radishes and parsley leaves and, combined.
- In a medium stainless-steel bowl, whisk the mustard with sherry vinegar, salt and pepper.
- Slowly emulsify with the olive oil and pour into a small jug.
- Plate the salad in a serving bowl. Add the dressing if eating right away; otherwise, set aside and add the dressing when ready to serve.