Pork Chops with Cider

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Ingredients (Feeds 2) 3 Instructions 4 Friki Advice: Is ketchup required?

Overview

A cheeky, alcohol-based twist on the traditional pork chop/apple sauce combo.

Also, the first of Friki's "Learn A New Recipe Every Week" resolution for 2008.

Ingredients (Feeds 2)

• 2 pork chops, trimmed of fat.
• 1 cooking apple, peeled, cored and sliced.
• 1/2 a red onion, roughly chopped.
• "Some" mushrooms, washed and quartered.
• 1 bottle of decent organic dry cider (n.b. a can of Strongbow is not suitable).
• A "bit" of grated mature cheddar cheese.
• Parsley.
• Nutmeg.
• Sunflower oil.
• Salt and pepper to taste.

For Friki's recommended side dish:

• "Some" new potatoes, washed and quartered.
• A clove of garlic, crushed.
• Sunflower oil.

Instructions

• Sweat down the onion in a frying pan with a little oil.
• After a few minutes, add the apple, mushroom, nutmeg and some of the parsley, and cook for a further two minutes or until the apple begins to soften.
• Seal the chops on a hot griddle pan, around one minute per side.
• Place the chops in an overproof dish, add the onion/apple/mushroom mixture around the sides of each chop and fill bowl with cider. Salt and pepper as required.
• Cook in pre-heated oven at 200ºC for twenty minutes.
• Take out of oven, sprinkle cheese on top of each chop, and return to oven for a further five minutes.
• Meanwhile, boil potatoes in salted water until they begin to soften.
• Drain pan, transfer potatoes to hot frying pan with oil and crushed garlic. Sauteé until golden brown.
• Check chops are cooked through. Serve chop with potatoes, a spoonful of the vegetable and apple mix and a drizzle of the sauce.
• Eat with generous glass of gin and massive fuck-off smile on your face.

Friki Advice: Is ketchup required?

For this meal, ketchup is NOT REQUIRED.