Name: Pork chops with roasted pear, apple and new potatoes
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 45-50 minutes
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 tsp rapeseed oil; 2 lean pork chops (approx. 125g each), fat trimmed off; freshly ground black pepper; 1 eating apple, quartered and cored; 1 large pear, quartered and cored; 200g new potatoes, cut into chunks; 1 small onion, cut into wedges; grated rind and juice 1 orange; 1 tsp fresh thyme or half tsp dried; 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard; 2 tbsp half-fat crème fraiche

Pork chops with roasted pear, apple and new potatoes

Tender pork chops are fantastic roasted with fruit, creating a wonderful winter warmer that will feed the family.

Serves

Prep

20 minutes

Cook

45-50 minutes

Nutritional Information:

Each 486g serving contains (excludes serving suggestion)

KCal: 386
Carbs: 39.0g
Fibre: 6.4g
Protein: 31.5g
Fat: 10.1g
(Low)
Saturates: 3.6g
(Low)
Sugars: 23.9g
(Low)
Salt: 0.53g
(Low)
Fruit/Veg Portion: 3

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Ingredients

1 tsp rapeseed oil
2 lean pork chops (approx. 125g each), fat trimmed off
freshly ground black pepper
1 eating apple, quartered and cored
1 large pear, quartered and cored
200g new potatoes, cut into chunks
1 small onion, cut into wedges
grated rind and juice 1 orange
1 tsp fresh thyme or half tsp dried
1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
2 tbsp half-fat crème fraiche

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Method

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180°C/ gas mark 4. Heat the oil in a frying pan, trim any fat from the pork chops, sprinkle with pepper and add to the pan, fry for 1–2 minutes on each side until golden.

Step 2

Place in an ovenproof dish and add the apple, pear, potatoes and onion.

Step 3

Mix together the orange rind and juice, thyme and mustard and pour over.

Step 4

Cover the dish with foil and bake for 20 minutes, then remove the foil and mix well before baking for a further 20-30 minutes.

Step 5

Stir through the crème fraîche and serve with vegetables such as wilted spinach.

Recipe tips

You could use dried sage rather than thyme, or add a kick with English mustard instead of wholegrain.
For a veggie version, replace the pork with chunks of beetroot, carrot and butternut squash. Sprinkle with feta 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time.