Cooking with Andreas: Pork chops in orange sauce

Another dish made at Andreas and Elke's. This is an improv.

Fillet some oranges. Collect the OJ and some minced zest in a bowl, add some toasted cumin seeds (I actually used ground cumin, because that's what we had, but whole cumin would have been better) and save for later. Season some pork chops (bone-in!) and brown well on both sides. Remove them from the pan and let them sit in the marinade. Add thinly sliced onion to the pan and cook gently until it caramelizes (maybe 20-30 minutes). Add the pork chops, marinade, a bit of water, black pepper, and the orange fillets and cook until the oranges have melted and the chops are done cooking, about 10 minutes. Remove the chops and thicken the sauce with corn starch.

We ate these with oven-roasted potatoes (with paprika and rosemary) and a big green salad and were quite happy with life.

Then we made Feuerzangenbowle and things crossed over into the sublime. :-)