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Pork with Cider and Apple


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Picture and recipe by Andrew K Brown

Pork and apple just go together so well. A lot of people have been brought up on roast pork with apple sauce, so it’s an obvious go wither for other cuts such as pork chops, tenderloin or steaks. Adding cider to the recipe is just another step which makes perfect sense, especially if it’s a good cider and there’s some to drink with the meal, or not in this case.

Here’s Andrew’s method:

* Searing the pork steaks in a little olive oil for two minutes each side, then remove from the pan.

* Fry one sliced apple with half a thinly sliced onion for 5 minutes. When golden brown, remove and keep warm with the pork.

* Now pour in 200ml of cider and boil until reduced by half.

* Add about 200ml of double cream and return everything else you’ve cooked to the pan. Cook for 5 minutes turning the steaks half way through.

* Remove the pork again and then add as much spinach as you feel like eating to the sauce and allow it to wilt.

* Serve with mashed potatoes


Gurnard with New Forest Cider


While I was at Social Media Cafe on Friday, Linda went along to Borough market to buy some fish and cider. We’ve had gurnard before, but only the small ones that can be cooked whole or at least headless. This was a whopper, and impressive to look at so I decided to start taking digital photographs of the process.

IMG_0521.JPGWhole Gurnard

FilletedFilleted

IMG_0535.JPGBed of chopped fennel, onion, celery and chorizo

Gurnard sides placed on top of vegetablesGurnard placed on top of vegetables


Addition of New Forest cider:

IMG_0539.JPGCooked

Plated up gurnard with cider and pink fur apple potatoesPlated

So there we have it, nice big flakes of tender white fish strongly enough flavoured to take the chorizo, fennel and cider sauce with earthy little pink fir apple potatoes to fill the dish and hungry consumers. Yum.

The Kingston Black New Forest cider was delicious as always, easy drinking but deceptively potent.



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