Pork Chops with Toffee Apple
Easy
Pork Chops with Toffee Apple. Pork is one of the most underrated meats available. When you cook pork properly, you’ll find it’s succulent and tasty. Recipe by Brian McDermott from his cookbook Donegal Table, published by The O’Brien Press. Photographs by A Fox in the Kitchen.
SERVE
4
Pork Chops with Toffee Apple
Easy
Introduction
Pork Chops with Toffee Apple. Pork is one of the most underrated meats available. When you cook pork properly, you’ll find it’s succulent and tasty. Recipe by Brian McDermott from his cookbook Donegal Table, published by The O’Brien Press. Photographs by A Fox in the Kitchen.
Ingredients
- 4 pork chops
- Drizzle of rapeseed oil
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 4 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1 red apple
- 40g butter
- 50g brown sugar
- 50ml water
Method
- 1. Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F/Gas Mark 2.
- 2. Brush the pork chops on both sides with oil and season with the black pepper. Add the sprigs of fresh thyme.
- 3. Heat a frying pan and fry the chops for 3 minutes on each side until they are golden. Transfer them to a tray and place in the warm oven for 4 minutes.
- 4. Core the apple, leaving the skin on, and cut into 4 slices.
- 5. Place the pan you fried the chops in over a medium heat and add the butter. Place the apple slices in the pan and sprinkle with half the brown sugar. Cook for 2 minutes, then turn over and sprinkle the other side with the rest of the sugar. Cook for a further 2 minutes. The sugar will turn a sticky, syrupy consistency. Add the water to the pan and allow the sugar to caramelise.
- 6. Serve a toffee apple slice on top of each pork chop.
