Pork Chops Champvallon style
Pork chops à la Champvallon are a nicely historic recipe of meat and potatoes in long cooking.
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Last modified on: April 30th 2023
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1 kg 500 g 
500 g 
50 g 
4 porks chops
3 tablespoons 
2 
1 
1 sprig 
1 sprig 
200 ml 
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 47 min. | 2 hours 21 min. | 3 hours 8 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 15 min.
Stage 2 - 15 min.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
In a small saucepan over low heat, melt 50 g butter, then turn off the heat and let it stand.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Add salt and pepper to each side 4 porks chops.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
In a frying pan over high heat, pour 3 tablespoons oil and when it is hot, place the chops.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Just brown them on each side, then set aside on a plate.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Lower the heat, and in the same pan without cleaning it, add 3 tablespoons oil again, then the minced onion, 2 bayleaves, 1 garlic clove, 1 sprig thyme, salt and pepper.
Stage 8 - 10 min.
Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are cooked through and a little coloured.
Remove and discard bay leaves, garlic clove and thyme sprig.
Preheat your oven to 180°C (360°F).
Remove and discard bay leaves, garlic clove and thyme sprig.
Preheat your oven to 180°C (360°F).
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Pour the potato slices into a bowl, put 3 or 4 tablespoons aside, and sprinkle the rest with 3/4 of the melted butter, salt and mix well.
Add the cooked onions, mix again.
Add the cooked onions, mix again.
Stage 10 - 2 min.
Pour half of the mixture into a large ovenproof pan, sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Stage 11 - 2 min.
Place the chops on top, pour the cooking juices that have formed on the plate, and add a little parsley.
Stage 12 - 2 min.
Pour in the other half of the potatoes, then 200 ml Vegetable stock.
Stage 13 - 1 hour
Cover and bake for 1 hour.
Stage 14 - 1 min.
At the end of this time, take the pan out of the oven, uncover.
Stage 15 - 5 min.
Place the remaining raw potatoes on top, season with salt and brush with the remaining melted butter (re-melt if necessary).
Stage 16 - 1 hour
Return to the oven, uncovered this time, for an additional 1 hour of cooking.
Stage 17
Your Champvallon chops are ready, enjoy with a pinch of chopped parsley.
Remarks
You can very easily replace the pork by lamb, it is even the original recipe which would be related to Mrs. De Champvallon, one of the competitors of Mrs. de Maintenon mistress then wife of King Louis XIV. Mme de Champvallon had tried with this recipe to seduce the king, who was said to be a great lover of lamb chops.
You can also replace the onions with shallots, or make a mixture of the two.
No vegetable stock on hand? Replace it with chicken stock.
You can also replace the onions with shallots, or make a mixture of the two.
No vegetable stock on hand? Replace it with chicken stock.
Keeping
1 day in the refrigerator, protected by a stretch film.
Source
From Emmanuelle Jary.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,976 Kcal or 16,647 Kj | 193 gr | 337 gr | 205 gr |
| 199 % | 74 % | 32 % | 31 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 137 Kcal or 574 Kj | 7 gr | 12 gr | 7 gr |
| 7 % | 3 % | 1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 994 Kcal or 4,162 Kj | 48 gr | 84 gr | 51 gr |
| 50 % | 19 % | 8 % | 8 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 12.75 €
- Per person : 3.19 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grated potato cakes, Super-green, super-thrifty soup, Gratin "grilled inside", Potato gratin, Hotpot my grandmother's way , ... All |
 | Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tzatziki, Salmon marinated like herring, Potato tortilla (Spanish omelette), Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas, Filet mignon with mustard and tarragon sauce, ... All |
 | Vegetable stock: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Endive and beer soup, Curried prawn risotto, Chinese Soup, Light Broccoli Soup, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nantes Tourton, Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, Beurre d'escargot, Coconut sweetcrust pastry, ... All |
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