Recipe

Pork chops with red cabbage and apples

Dec 30, 2012 1:00pm
  • 20 mins preparation
  • 1 hr cooking
  • Serves 4
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Ingredients

Pork chops with red cabbage and apples
  • 2 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil
  • 1 brown onion, halved, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 red cabbage, shredded
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped dill, plus extra sprigs, to serve
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1/4 cup cranberry sauce
  • 4 100g green apples, unpeeled, cored
  • 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
  • 4 pork midloin chops
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon fennel seeds
  • 1 tablespoon caraway seeds
  • sour cream, to serve

Method

Pork chops with red cabbage and apples
  • 1
    Heat half the oil in a 3-litre (12-cup) flameproof casserole dish over moderately low heat.
  • 2
    Add onion; cook, stirring, 10 minutes, or until very soft. Add cabbage, dill and vinegar; cook, stirring, 5 minutes.
  • 3
    Stir in cranberry sauce. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat; simmer 15 minutes. Add 1/2 cup water. Cover; simmer 10 minutes.
  • 4
    Arrange apples on cabbage. Cover; simmer 10 minutes, or until apples are almost tender.
  • 5
    Spread mustard over pork. Combine fennel and caraway seeds on a plate; sprinkle mixture over both sides of pork to coat.
  • 6
    Heat remaining oil in a large frying pan over high heat.
  • 7
    Add pork; cook 2 minutes each side, or until browned. Add pork to apple mixture; cook, covered, 5 minutes, or until pork is cooked.
  • 8
    Divide cabbage, pork and apples among serving plates. Serve topped with sour cream and extra dill.

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