Cider Poached Pork and Veg

Pork chops cut into strips, given a cider'y tang and served with a selection of veg.

Works surprisingly well alongside potato dauphinoise

Cooking Time

Ingredients

• 4 Pork loins
• 1 Pepper
• 1 Onion
• 2 Apples
• 1 can Cider
• Black pepper

Method

1. Cut the pork loins into strips and put into a bowl (or the plastic tray they came in)
2. Pour the cider over the pork strips
3. Put the pork strips back into the fridge
4. De-seed the pepper and chop into strips
5. Peel the onion and cut into thick chunks
6. Peel and de-core the apples and chop into thin slices
7. Put a frying pan on the hob
8. Retrieve the pork from the fridge and pour some of the cider from it into the pan, so that there's about half an inch in the bottom of the pan
9. Set the hob to high
10. Carefully drain the rest of the cider from the meat
11. Add the meat to the pan and poach until the pork looks cooked
12. Carefully drain the cider
13. Add the pepper, onion and apple to the pan and stir in
14. Grind a generous amount of black pepper over
15. Stir and cook until the veg is soft
16. Serve hot.