Name: Perfect Pork Chops
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 pork chops; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; N/A freshly ground black pepper; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 2 shallots, diced; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 cups white cooking wine; 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard; 1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses, maple syrup, or honey

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Pork chops can get pretty dried out. This recipe fixes that age-old problem. It's also a great main course for a family-style dinner. Just slice the pork after it's done cooking, place in a serving dish, and then top with the savory mustard sauce. These pork chops make wonderful leftovers and serve as a nice addition to a breakfast or atop a salad for lunch. Perfect Pork Chops also depend on getting the right pork. Pasture-raised pork will contain a healthier mix of fats and vitamin D. Pork also contains high concentrations of thiamine, which is used by all cells to make energy and is particularly important to the brain, and B6, which helps make several key neurotransmitters.

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