Pork Chops with Apple Sauce and Best Ever Wedges
BY RICHARD CORNISH
Some of us are old enough to remember The Brady Bunch TV show when Alice, the housekeeper, would declare she was making pork chops and apple sauce for dinner. This is a simple and delicious sauce made from baked apples served with your choice of pork cut and some sensational baked potatoes.
Serves 4
Ingredients
4 pork loin chops
4 apples
6 large potatoes
2 stock cubes
Juice of two lemons
1 tbsp. dried oregano
60g butter
Salt
Pepper
20ml sherry vinegar
60 ml extra virgin olive oil
Preheat the oven to 190°C/170°C fan. Put the apples on a heatproof tray and bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until soft.
Meanwhile, wash the potatoes, cut each into 4 wedges lengthways. Place in a heatproof oven dish. Dissolve the stock cubes and butter in a cup of boiling water with the butter, lemon and oregano. Pour over potatoes and cook in the oven for 30-40 minutes or until done.
When the apples are cooked carefully peel away the skin using a sharp paring knife and cut away as much of the flesh as possible and place into a food processor. Discard the skin to compost. Repeat with other apples. Add the sherry vinegar and extra virgin olive oil. Blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
Preheat the grill. Cook the pork 8 minutes each side or until medium rare. Serve with potatoes and sauce.
Pork Chops and Apple Sauce with Best Ever Wedges
Ingredients
- 4 pork loin chops
- 4 apples
- 6 large potatoes
- 2 stock cubes
- Juice of two lemons
- 1 tbsp. dried oregano
- 60g butter
- Salt and pepper
- 20ml sherry vinegar
- 60 ml extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/170°C fan. Put the apples on a heatproof tray and bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until soft.
- Meanwhile, wash the potatoes, cut each into 4 wedges lengthways. Place in a heatproof oven dish. Dissolve the stock cubes and butter in a cup of boiling water with butter, lemon, and oregano. Pour over potatoes and cook in the oven for 30-40 minutes or until done.
- When the apples are cooked carefully peel away the skin using a sharp paring knife and cut away as much of the flesh as possible and place them into a food processor. Discard the skin to compost. Repeat with other apples. Add the sherry vinegar and extra virgin olive oil. Blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
- Preheat the grill. Cook the pork for 8 minutes on each side or until medium-rare. Serve with potatoes and sauce.