Brined Pork Chops with Soft Parmigiano Polenta

celery, milk, carrots, onion, sugar, parmigiano, garlic, fennel, coriander, bay

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup salt, or to taste
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons fennel seed
• 2 tablespoons coriander seed
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 carrots, peeled and diced
• 2 ribs celery, diced
• 4 cloves garlic smashed
• 1 1/2 quarts cold water
4 bone- in pork rib chops
• 1 tablespoon wild fennel pollen*
Soft Parmigiano Polenta, recipe follows
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 bay leaf
• Salt
1 cup long cooking polenta
• 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano
1/4 cup mascarpone cheese

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