Pot-roasted Pork Chops

Pot-roasted pork chops in cider with shallots and peas - another easy weekend meal.

The weekend has arrived again! And another recipe to follow from deliciousmagazine - very easy to make and yet very tasty!

Ingredients

Cider

Pork chops were lied in a large roasting pan with lots of peeled whole shallots, seasoned with salt and pepper then placed into the oven for 20 minutes.

Pork chops with shallots

 Then cider, chopped bacon and a spoonful of blackberry jam was added and the porks were roasted for another 10 minutes.

Then finally peas were added and roasted for another 10 minutes.

Cider and peas

Tada~~~ the pork chop is ready for serving!

Pot-roast pork chops

The sauce was absolutely lovely with sweetness of the blackcurrent jam and shallots then a punch of apple flavour from the cider. Apple flavour and pork is always a good combination! Altough the recipe says that cider will retain the juiciness of the pork chops and prevent them from getting too dry, I still find these pork chops a bit too dry. Perhaps, next time I shall quickly saute the pork chops to lock the juices in before I put them into the oven!

Served with mashed sweet potatoes

Served with a lovely sweet potato mash. With a pinch of salt and pepper, a scoop of butter and a dash of milk creates a smooth tasty mash! A healthier alternative to mashed potatoes but still very tasty with added sweetness from the sweet potatoes.