Maple-Brined Pork Chops with Pear Chutney

Ingredients

• 3 pears large, ripe, firm, such as Bartlett, Bosc, or Comice, peeled, quartered, cored, and coarsely chopped
• 1 1/2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• 2/3 cup golden brown sugar firmly packed
• 1 1/4 tablespoons minced ginger peeled and
• 6 cups cold water
• 2/3 cup kosher salt
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 2 bay leaves crumbled
• 2 tablespoons black peppercorns
• 6 pork loin chops bone-in, each about 8 ounces and 3/4 inch thick
• olive oil for brushing
• freshly ground black pepper