I eat an apple day-after-day from mid-October till the top of March. I stop within the spring as a result of the native apples I like are normally completed by then.
I made a decision to sacrifice my final apple so as to add to this braised pork loin.
That additionally gave me an opportunity to make use of up the final little bit of Calvados lurking within the cupboard.
Spring cleansing and all.
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Braised Pork with Apples
Calvados is apple brandy, however common brandy or white wine or much more apple juice works. Pork and apples go very properly collectively.
This serves 4 – or 2 with leftovers.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Prepare dinner Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Complete Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Class: Pork
- 1 pork loin roast, 24oz (700gr)
- 1 massive onion, sliced
- 1 massive apple, peeled, sliced
- 1/4 cup (2oz, 60ml) Calvados, brandy or white wine
- 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) apple juice
- 1/2 cup (4oz, 125ml) rooster broth
- 1/2 tsp thyme
- 1/2 tsp rosemary
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 tbs cornstarch (corn flour, maizena) dissolved in 2 tbs apple juice
- In heavy pot or Dutch oven with tight-fitting lid, brown pork in olive oil for about 10 minutes.
- After turning pork, add sliced onions across the facet.
- Add Calvados, juice, broth, herbs, flip warmth to low, cowl and braise for 45 minutes.
- Add apples to onions.
- Proceed to cook dinner for 30 – 40 minutes longer or till performed.
- Pork is completed at an inner temperature of 145F (62C). When you don’t have a thermometer, minimize a slit within the middle and look, barely pink is okay.
- Take away pork, onions and apples to a platter, cowl to maintain heat.
- Flip warmth up beneath pot, dissolve cornstarch in juice and stir into pan to thicken.
- Slice pork and serve, onions, apples and sauce on the facet.
Notes
To slice apple: peel it, minimize into quarters and minimize out core. Reduce every quarter into 3 or 4 slices.
Vitamin
- Serving Dimension: 1/4 recipe
- Energy: 426
- Sugar: 10.2 g
- Sodium: 230.7 mg
- Fats: 16.2 g
- Saturated Fats: 4.8 g
- Trans Fats: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 16 g
- Fiber: 1.5 g
- Protein: 51.2 g
- Ldl cholesterol: 143.4 mg
Key phrases: braised pork, pork roast, apples
The oranges and different citrus end about the identical time as apples.
When they’re performed I eat strawberries, rhubarb, kiwi fruit, and wait patiently for the primary peaches, nectarines, and melons. (The strawberries have been prolific and great this yr.)
Often, I can be fortunate sufficient to identify a pineapple however that’s uncommon – and, clearly, not native however I’ve been identified to make exceptions.
We eat numerous fruit….
