While I don’t like the heat and humidity we get this time of year, I do love that we are starting to be able to benefit from our veg garden. Miraculously, thanks to my lovely husband, we still have a rosemary plant going strong. It’s an annual where we live and he’s managed to get it to grow to a decent size. I would have killed it by now.

To keep it a manageable size, I’ve been using it a lot in various dishes, including my Lemon Rosemary Pork. For a side dish I sautéed some swiss chard we’re growing. The swiss chard is going gang busters this year, it’s rivaling the rhubarb!

Technique for Lemon Rosemary Pork

Get the dry ingredients of the marinade together before adding the olive oil and lemon juice.

Add the pork and marinate for at least a couple of hours in the fridge. When it’s time, start prepping the sauce ingredients while the grill warms up. Heat up the butter in a skillet and add the mushrooms.

Cook for a couple of minutes before adding more garlic and rosemary. Once you add the pork to the grill, add the remaining marinade to the skillet. Bring up to a simmer.

Add the chicken stock and lemon juice. Simmer for a few minutes. Remove about a 1/4 cup of the sauce and set aside.

Once the pork is cooked and resting, sautè the swiss chard in the remaining sauce. Cook the stalk pieces first then add the leafy bits. I like them slightly wilted but not mushy.

Spoon the chard onto the plate, top with the pork and drizzle the reserve sauce over the dish.
I need to come up with more swiss chard dishes as well because they aren’t showing any sign of letting up.

Lemon Rosemary Pork
A flavourful dish for grilling season
Ingredients
Marinade
- 2 tbsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 pork chops
Sauce
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup chopped mushrooms
- 1 tbsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- remaining marinade
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
- 2 cups swiss chard
Instructions
Marinade
-
Mix all the ingredients for the marinade. Add the pork and chill for at least a couple of hours.
Grilling the Pork
-
Heat the grill to medium high. Grill the pork until the internal temperature is 145F/63C. Allow to rest about 10 minutes.
Sauce
-
Heat up the butter in a skillet. Sautè the mushrooms for a few minutes. Add the rosemary and garlic. After cooking for a few minutes, add the chicken stock and lemon juice. Bring to a simmer.
-
Reserve a 1/4 cup of the sauce for the pork.
-
In the remaining sauce, cook the swiss chard stalk pieces for a minute or two, then add the leafy part of the chard to slightly wilt.
Assembling the Dish
-
Spoon the swiss chard onto the centre of the dish. Place the pork onto the swiss chard and spoon the reserve sauce over the pork.