How to Cook With Apple Butter

Grilled pork chops

Apple butter, with its sweet and nutty flavor, is a treat on a simple slice of bread or a bagel, or it can serve as a replacement for regular butter in a baking recipe. When it comes to cooking, though, few things go better with apple butter than pork. Making an apple butter and Dijon marinade is a delicious way to pair this often-homemade butter with a half pound of pork chops. This recipe serves one.

Things You'll Need

• 1/8 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1/8 cup red wine vinegar 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon apple butter Salt and pepper 1 garlic clove 1/2 pound pork chops

Instructions

1. Combine the olive oil, red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, apple butter, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix thoroughly.

2. Slice one garlic clove. Cut slits into the pork chop, and stuff the slices of garlic into them.

3. Put the apple butter marinade in a plastic Ziploc bag or large bowl. Coat the pork chop in the apple butter marinade, and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 2 hours.

4. Heat up the grill. Take the pork out of the marinade, and grill the pork until grill marks appear on both sides and the inside is cooked through (about 5 minutes per side).

References

• What Do I Do With Apple Butter?
• Dijon-Honey Vinaigrette Recipe
• Honey Grilled Pork Chops