Pork and Apple Hotpot
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Author: Cat (Waitrose Kitchen, Oct 2010, p79)
Recipe type: Main
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 3tbsp olive oil
- 3 onions, peeled and sliced
- 250g smoked streaky bacon
- 50g plain flour
- ½tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼tsp ground cloves
- 4 cardamom pods, seeds only, crushed or ¼tsp ground cardamom
- 6 boneless pork loin steaks (about 120g each)
- 4 granny smith apples
- 750ml pressed apple juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 170C. Warm 2tbsp oil in pan. Fry onion for 10mins, stirring, until soft; remove to bowl.
- Cut bacon into strips; fry in pan. Mix with onion in bowl.
- Put flour and spices into freezer bag; season. Add 3 steaks and roll them around. In used pan, heat remaining 1tbsp oil. Shake excess flour off steaks, sear for 2-3mins each side and remove to plate. Cook other 3 steaks in same way. Reserve remaining spiced flour.
- Peel, core and halve apples, then slice into fine segments. In ovenproof dish, layer half onion and bacon mix, then 3 steaks, then half apple slices. Repeat this, finishing with apple layer.
- Tip reserved flour into oily pan; stir. Whisk in apple juice. Bring to boil, whisking. Pour this into dish. Cover, put on baking stray and cook in oven for 3hrs, until pork is well cooked.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 434 Fat: 20g Saturated fat: 6g Carbohydrates: 31g Sugar: 22g Salt: 1.5g
