- Prep time: <5 min
- Cook time: ~30 min
- Servings: 2
Ingredients
Groceries
- 1 apple (royal gala or similar)
- 1 or 2 tsp calvados
- 100 ml heavy cream
- 150 ml apple cider
- 2 pork chops
- Butter
- Chicken stock (optional)
- Dijon mustard (optional)
- Leek (optional)
- Shallots (optional)
Side Dish Suggestion
- Mashed potato
- Pan fried potatoes
Directions
- Prepare side dish, e.g. peel potatoes
- Turn on the oven and set it to ~80°C
Mise en Place
Sauce
Ingredients:
- 1 Apple
- Leek (optional)
- Shallots (optional)
- Peel the apple and chop it into thin slices
- Optionally chop the shallots and leek
Cooking
Pork
Cooking time: ~15 min
Ingredients:
- Pork chops
- Salt
- Preseason the pork chops with salt
- Turn the pan to 6/9
- When hot, add clarified butter or olive oil and place the chops in the pan
- Cook the chops for 4 min on each side and turn 3 times
- Place the chops on a rack an into to the oven
Sauce
Ingredients:
- 1 or 2 tsp calvados
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard (optional)
- 100 ml heavy cream
- 150 ml apple cider
- Chicken stock (optional)
- Chopped apple
- Chopped shallots, leek (all optional)
- Add butter to the pan
- Add chopped apples (shallots and leek) and fry until cooked nicely
- Deglaze with the cider and cook for a couple of min
- Add the cream (and optionally a small amount of chicken stock, e.g. 100 ml), cook for a couple of min.
- Add calvados
- Optionally add Dijon
- Season to taste
- Add back the pork chops
Source
Most of recipe stolen from this video.