Pork Chops with Fennel and Juniper Berries

Ingredients

• 4 (6 oz/170 g) pork loin chops
• Sea Salt, to taste
• Black Pepper, to taste
• 1 tbsp olive oil, divided
• 1 small fennel bulb, cored and thinly sliced
• ¹⁄₂ medium onion, thinly sliced
• 2 juniper berries, crushed

Preparation

1. Season pork chops with Sea Salt and Pepper. Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat; add half the olive oil and cook pork chops until golden brown on both sides. Remove from pan and place on platter. Cover and keep warm.
2. Reduce temperature to medium and add remaining olive oil to frying pan. Saute fennel, onion and juniper berries for about 5 minutes.
3. Return pork chops to pan, cover and continue to cook until chops are fully cooked and fennel is tender crisp.