Baked Pork Chops with Apples and Apple Cider
An easy but special dish of pork chops baked with apples, onions, thyme, cider and cream.
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 60g butter
- 4 pork loin chops
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
- 1 large onion, sliced into thin rings
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 green apple, cored and cut into thick rings
- 1 red apple, cored and cut into rings
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup (250ml) dry cider
- 3 tablespoons thickened cream
Directions
Preparation:25min ›
Cook:40min ›
Ready in:1hour5min
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees C.
- In a large heavy frypan, over medium-high heat, melt half of the butter. Fry the pork chops on both sides until a nice golden colour. Transfer the chops to a baking dish with a lid, and sprinkle with thyme.
- Melt the remaining butter in the pan, and fry the onion and garlic until tender. Transfer them to the dish. Fry the apple rings in the pan for a few seconds on each side to give them colour, then add them dish.
- Spoon any excess fat from the frying pan and pour in the apple cider. Stir to deglaze the frypan - getting any bits from the bottom. Bring the mixture to a simmer, then pour over the pork chops and apples in the dish. Season with salt and pepper.
- Bake in the preheated oven, covered for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the pork chops are cooked through. Remove the pork chops and apples to a serving platter and stir the cream into the juices. Serve sauce over pork chops.
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Nice autumn dish. Loved the mingled flavors of apples and onions! The apples and onions were so good, in fact, you may want to double those! I used a Granny Smith apple instead of the Cox apple. - 10 Oct 2001 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
This is a very good recipe! However, I noticed that the fresh thyme wasn't noted in the recipe instructions. I assumed it was to be sprinkled or pressed on top of the pork chops before browning, so that's what I did. I didn't sprinkle the cooked apples with sugar, as I used a Braeburn apple and it was quite sweet enough. I used Woodchuck Granny Smith Cider. I'm not sure if that's the right item (it's sold with the beer in stores here in New England) but it sure tasted very good! A definite keeper. - 09 Dec 2001 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Different than any pork recipe I have had, very flavorful. You wont have any leftovers! - 24 Oct 2001 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)