Flutterby™! : Pork chops

Dinner tonight:

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup Kosher salt

1 head of garlic, peeled and crushed

4 bay leaves, crumpled

8 cloves

8 juniper berries, crushed

1 1/2 tablespoons ground pepper

1 cup hot water

Mix in a heavy plastic bag, then add:

2 cups cold water

Let cool, then toss in a thick cut pork chop or two. Wait 1 hour. Pre-heat the oven to 450 with a pan in it. Heat a griddle, add a little vegetable oil, toss the pork chop on for 3 minutes or so per side, then transfer to the pan in the oven. Cook 'til internal temperature of 125F (10-12 minutes for me), remove pan from oven, cover loosely with aluminum foil, wait five minutes (internal temp should have hit 145F, serve.

Would have been nice with a more complex sauce, but was just fine with applesauce. Thanks to Cooks Illustrated Sept&Oct 1999 for the start on this.