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Iberico Pork Chop Marinated in Peppers and Chillies with Catalonian Spinach

Iberico Pork Chop, marinated in Spanish dry peppers (choriceros) and Spanish dry chillies, with Catalonian spinach from Nieves Barragan! Choriceros take around a month to dry and the smell is fantastic, they are one of Nieves favourite ingredients!

Ingreadient :
    • 3 Spanish dry chillies
    • 10 Spanish dry peppers (choriceros)
    • 300g onions (julienne cut)
    • 2 bay leaves
    • 1L water

    Marinate mix

    • 200g paste
    • 50ml fino sherry wine
    • 15ml moscatel vinegar
    • 10g garlic
    • 2g dried oregano
    • 2g ground cumin
    • 20g fresh ginger
    • 15ml soy sauce
    • 15ml extra virgin olive oil
    • 50ml water

    Catalonian Spinach

    • 1 shallot (cut to follow rims),
    • 100g baby spinach,
    • 40ml arbequina extra virgin olive oil,
    • 30g roasted pine nuts,
    • Salt and pepper.

    Soaked Sultanas

    • 60g sultanas
    • 60ml sherry wine vinegar
    • 4 Iberico pork chops
Direction :
    1. In a pot with lid at low heat, add ingredients, slow cook choriceros and 3 dry chillies with seeds till water evaporates and choriceros are soft. Mix all in blender/thermomix till paste consistency
    2. To 200g of paste, add all the ingredients for the marination mix, and bliss.
    3. Cover pork chop in marinate mix and leave at least for 2 hours or overnight.
    4. For the soaked sultanas, soak sultanas in sherry wine vinegar, enough to cover, for at least 2 hours, or overnight