Pork Steaks with Henry Westons Vintage cider and apple sauce

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Hey,

Sorry for the poor presentation, it's the first time i've cooked this and the apples went a little too soft at the end :D Still tasted absolutely amazing though:

Step 1)

Take your loin steaks, griddle them each side for 2 minutes and then place on a plate in a warm oven

Step 2)

Put half a sliced onion and half an apple ( i used a quarter of a gala and quarter of a bramley) with a tiny bit of oil into the pan and fry until golden brown, then put on the plate with the steaks in the oven.

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Step 3) Put half a bottle of your favourite cider into the pan and boil it to reduce by half. Today I used Henry Westons Vintage:

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Step 4)

Once this is reduced, add ~200ml of double cream. I stupidly forgot to buy some and improvised with tinned whipped real cream, which remarkably worked quite well :D

Step 5) add the rest of the contents back to the pan for about 5 minutes, turning the chops half way throuhg

Step 6) remove the steaks and reduce the sauce to your desire consistancy. Mine was already about right so it went straight on, although it looks better in the before pouring picture lol:

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And there you go, a very quick and simple meal (i complimented with some salad potatoes, works with mash too though apparantly) that is extremely tasty!

Cheers

Tom.
 
I like that Westons but the organic is nicer imo. Plus at ~8% alcohol, a bottle or two of that completely kicks my arse :p (obviously not a factor when you're cooking, just interested to see how you like the organic one compared. I've noticed they've stopped selling it in most places apart from Sainsbury's though).
 
do something similar with pork fillet..but also add a touch of maple syrup and whole grain mustard for a nice slightly sweet glaze to the sauce but with some nice heat cutting through it
 
Looks tasty! Mind you I think I'll go for a different cider, I take a funny reaction to Henry Westons Vintage. It makes my face go really red and tingly, burny!
 
I have the same griddle pan as you.

Since it is all cast Iron you could just seal the pork then do the rest and just throw it all in the over for 10 minutes in the pan.
 
I might well be showing my naivety here, but I can't fathom why you've gone to all that effort with the pork and done so little with the potatoes.

I'm sure they've either been boiled or steamed, but it looks like you've just popped a few raw ones on for the sake of it!
 
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