Another Excellent Pork Recipe

While browing through my vintage Julia Child cookbook looking for an easy pork recipe, I happened upon this dish.

Wow!  This is so delicious that the Photographer request I make it again next week.  Serve with rice to soak up all the sauce, green beans sauteed in a little olive oil and seasoned with Italian Seasoning and a loaf of crusty bread and you will be in culinary heaven.  I am quite certain that this recipe would be just as captivating by substituting chicken for the pork.

4 Pork Chops (I slice a pork loin myself because we like our chop really thick!)
1 shallot, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
3 tablespoons olive oil
Salt/pepper to taste
1 tablespoon thyme
1 teaspoon allspice
1 cup white wine
1 cup heavy cream

Pat chops dry with paper towels and season one side with salt, pepper, half the thyme and allspice.  Heat oil in skillet until almost smoking and place chops in skillet seasoned side down.  Season the other half of the chops with remaining spices, salt and pepper to taste.  Cook until just done and remove to a platter to keep warm.  Stir in shallots, saute until translucent.  Stir in garlic and cook for 1 minute.  Add the wine and reduce by half.  Stir in the cream and heat through.  Pour some of the sauce over the chops and serve the remaining sauce on the side.  

** Note:  I like my sauces on the thicker side so I mixed 1 tablespoon cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of cream and stirred it into the sauce at the last minute.