Pork chops with mustard, apple and crème fraîche
(from Elyce123’s recipe box)
Source: delicious. May 2005
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Serves 4 people
Categories: May
Ingredients
- 25g butter
- 4 lean spare rib or loin pork chops
- 1 leek, trimmed and thinly sliced
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 2 red dessert apples, cored and cut into wedges
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 200ml carton half-fat crème fraîche
- 3 tbsp wholegrain mustard
Directions
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Melt the butter in a large, deep, heavy-based frying pan over a high heat. When hot, add the pork chops and brown on both sides. Push them to one side of the pan.
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Add the leek, garlic, apples and thyme to the other side of the pan. Cook for 6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Turn the pork chops over and cook for a further 6 minutes, until cooked through.
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Mix the crème fraîche and mustard together and spoon into the pan, bringing everything together. Simmer for 5 minutes until reduced slightly. Season to taste and serve with root vegetable mash.