Receta Apple Cider Braised Pork
Now let’s talk about Kiwi food, the first time I set foot here in New Zealand like any other migrant or tourist one of the first questions you will be asking is what are the best traditional Kiwi food items or recipes out there and where will I get them? To my surprise most of the ones I asked did not know what to answer or they had answered “Nothing really, I think the closest one would be savoury pies”, that surprised me a lot as I lived and visited in different South East Asian countries and when I asked that question, it will be an endless conversation or even argument to those people I presented the question with on which is the best dish for them to let me try.
Ingredients
- 800g thick cut pork shoulder chops
- 1 stick celery, thinly sliced
- 2 pcs granny smith apples, peeled, sliced and cored
- 500ml apple cider
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp dried sage
- 1 onion, finely sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- oil
Method
1. Season pork with salt and pepper.
2. Heat the oil in a wide heavy pan which you can cover, lie pork flat then brown both sides, remove from pan then set aside.
3. Add onions, garlic and celery, stir until onions caramelizes. This will take around 8 minutes.
4. Place back the pork then add the cider, honey, sage and apples. Cover pan then simmer very gently for 1 hour add water if needed.
5. Remove from pan and place pork pieces on a plate leaving the sauce. At this stage apples are dissolved into the sauce.
6. Simmer the sauce for 5 minutes then season it with salt and pepper. If sauce is too thick adjust it with water.
7. Pour sauce on top of plate then serve.
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