Normandy pork with cider

  • Portion size: Serves 8
  • Takes 1¾ hours to make, plus cooling.
  • Difficulty: easy

The Dijon mustard and crème fraîche sauce gives this freeze-ahead French recipe a lovely creamy flavour which complements the pork perfectly.

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Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1kg lean pork, diced
  • 2 large onions, diced
  • 2 large carrots, thickly sliced
  • 2 parsnips, thickly sliced
  • 2 leeks, washed and sliced into 3cm lengths
  • 500ml dry cider
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 200g half-fat crème fraîche
  • 2 Cox’s apples
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Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Fry the pork in batches, until just browned. Remove with a slotted spoon and put in a casserole. Add the onions to the frying pan and fry for 5 minutes, stirring, until just transparent. Place in the casserole with the pork.
  2. Add the vegetables to the casserole, then pour over the cider and add the bay leaves. Put over a high heat and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 1 hour, or until the pork is tender.
  3. Allow to cool, then freeze in portions for up to 3 months. Thaw for 24 hours in the fridge. To reheat, put into a large pan over a medium heat and heat until piping hot.
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  5. Stir the mustard and cornflour into the crème fraîche, then stir into the casserole. Core and cut the apples into wedges. Add to the casserole and simmer for 5-8 minutes, or until the apples are tender and the sauce has thickened. Season and serve.

Nutrition

  • 332kcals Calories
  • 14.6g (3.3g saturated) Fat
  • 29.8g Protein
  • 17.3g (11.5g sugars) Carbs
  • 1.2g Salt

Quick wins & tips

If you want to eat this straightaway, prepare up to the end of step 2, leave to cool for 10 minutes, then complete step 4.

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juliehooley

Made this for tea yesterday and it was lovely on a cold night but left the parsnips out

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