Ingredients
- 1 red onion peeled and quartered
- 2 white onions
- 1 whole garlic bulb (unpeeled)
- 2 carrots, peeled and quartered or use small chantenay carrots
- 3 apples peeled and quartered
- small bunch of fresh sage
- 2 tbsp oil (sunflower or olive oil)
- salt and pepper
- 2 pork chops (for a vegan option, use tempeh and add all the same flavourings)
- Cooked pearl Quinola™ to serve
- knob of butter
- 200 ml of apple cider or apple juice
- 1 stock cube (pork or chicken)
- 200 ml double cream
- 4 sage leaves
- 50 ml water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200ËšC.
- Place all of the vegetables in a large roasting tin and drizzle with oil.
- Then season with salt and pepper, place about 6 sage leaves on the top and roast for 25 minutes.
- After 25 minutes place the pork chops on the top, lower the temperature to 180ËšC and roast for another 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the sauce.
Creamy apple cider sauce:
- In a medium frying pan, melt the butter on a medium heat and add the diced onion.
- Fry slowly until soft and translucent.
- Add the cider and cook for a few minutes until the liquid reduces by half.
- Add the double cream, water and sage.
- Simmer gently for a few minutes.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Add some of the roasted garlic from the roasting vegetables (squeeze the roasted garlic out from the husk).
- Serve the pork with roasted apples and vegetables, sauce and quinoa.
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