Haven't gone shopping in a while so kitchen was quite empty. Decided to shoot for a low-parts-count dish.
Milled around the meat section looking for what was on sale. Pork chops. Looks good.
On to spices. *remembers* Pork, pork, spices for pork... umm... ah. Parsley. Oregano. Sea salt. Thyme. Coriander. Done.
It'll need a glaze. I remember I have an unopened jar of apricot jam at home. That'll do. Just need some brandy... damn. I'm not 21 yet. Nevermind. Will try to work around that.
Starch side? Risotto. *in rice section* Arborio, arborio... freakin' kidding me? No arborio? Fine. *gathers ingredients for a risotto with regular rice. This'll be interesting but
should work.*
I have some zucchinis in the garden at home. Will sauté those up.
*beep* *beep* *beep* *unexpected item in bagging area* WHAT? shut up, machine. *beep* *beep*
Get home.
Remove & season pork.
Boil rice.
Olive oil in pan.
Heat pan.
Insert pork into pan.
Slice zucchini.
Mince garlic.
Insert butter and garlic into another pan.
Heat that pan.
Flip pork.
Add zucchini to pan.
Turn rice into pseudo-sotto.
Take pork off heat, wrap in aluminum foil and into oven on low.
Apricot jam and some... not brandy... err... Balsamic vinegar into glass bowl.
Glass bowl in microwave, 50% power for 2:00.
Stir zucchini. Almost done.
Stir risotto. Almost done.
Plate pork.
Plate zucchini.
Plate pseudo-sotto.
Plate glaze.
Tadaa:
Pork was perfectly cooked, which really surprised me. Glaze went well - the vinegar cut that jam pretty well. Could've still used the brandy. Pseudo-sotto held up , to my surprise. Good there. And the garden zucchini was as expected.