Pork cutlets with roasted apples

Pork and apple is a marriage made in taste heaven! These juicy pork cutlets are tender and full of flavour while the roasted apples make every mouthful a winner.

Ingredients

  • 4 potatoes

    peeled, sliced 5mm thick

  • 1 red apple

    cored, cut into wedges

  • 2 small red onions

    cut into wedges

  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar

  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 tbsp rosemary leaves

    roughly chopped

  • 4 french-trimmed pork cutlets

    4x 200g

  • 1 cup baby spinach leaves

Equipment

  • 1 large baking dish
  • 1 ovenproof frypan

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Toss the potato, onion, apple and rosemary with the vinegar and one tablespoon of the olive oil in a large baking dish.
  2. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. Roast in the oven for 25 minutes or until potato and onion are tender.
  4. Heat the remaining oil in an ovenproof frypan over high heat.
  5. Cook the pork chops, in two batches, for two minutes each side or until brown.
  6. When the vegetables have five minutes cooking time left, transfer pork (in ovenproof frypan) to oven to finish cooking.
  7. Remove the vegetables from the oven, stir the spinach through gently until it wilts.
  8. Serve vegetables topped with pork cutlets (careful, frypan handle is HOT) drizzled with pan juices.
  9. Place dip in a bowl and serve with robust bread!

Notes

Tip
Roasted apple is a great modern twist on the traditional apple sauce served with pork.
Variation
Replace the potatoes with fennel slices when in season.

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