Best Normandy Pork With Apples Cider Recipes
CROCK POT NORMANDY PORK WITH APPLES, SHALLOTS & CIDER
A lovely slow cooked or crock pot recipe for tender chunks of pork cooked in cider with apples, shallots, creme fraiche & calvados. My own recipe devised for our Chambres d'Hotes here in France - and ALWAYS a firm favourite with guests, family & friends alike! It is my daughter's first night request when she comes home from university! You can use any cut of pork, but I usually use shoulder, neck, collar or blade of Pork - there are numerous names for that cut. It's sweeter and inclined to be more tender than Pork leg, which I feel is better roasted. You can also use Pork chops if you wish. If you have difficulty getting hold of cider or don't want to use alcohol, apple juice is just as good, for that appley zing! There is no duplicate for calvados, so just leave it out if you cannot obtain it, or use brandy or cognac instead. This makes a lovely pie filling if you have leftovers and as with most slow cooked recipes, it's very well behaved when re-heated! It goes extremely well with Recipe #191313 & mashed potatoes. N.B. I have given amounts for 8-10 people; the recipe can be halved or increased with ease!
Provided by French Tart
Categories Stew
Time 6h45m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Trim the pork of any thick fat. Cut into large cubes of about 4" square or even bigger - it shrinks with cooking & works better with larger pieces of meat.
- Peel the shallots and set to one side.
- Halve & core the apples and set to one side with the shallots.
- Turn the crockpot onto High. Mix the cider, cider apple vinegar, creme fraiche, salt & pepper, thyme & thickened chicken stock together in a large pouring jug & pour into the crockpot.(If using fresh thyme - leave to last.) Add the cored and halved apples and replace the lid whilst you brown the pork & shallots.
- Heat up half the butter & half of the olive oil in a large skillet or wok-type pan, one with fairly high sides.
- As soon as it is smoking but not burning, brown the shallots in batches - you want a deep caramelised colour & the shallots just softened on the outside. When all the shallots have been done, put them all back into the pan - turn up the heat & add the balsamic vinegar and stir briskly making sure all the shallots are well coated.
- Add the shallots & Balsamic vinegar mixture to the crockpot.
- Heat up the remaining butter and oil, adding more if necessary & start to brown the pork pieces, again do not overcrowd the pan - they need to be well coloured & seared to seal in the juices. As the pork pieces are browned, add them to the crockpot.
- When all the pork is browned & added to the crockpot, give all the ingredients a good mix around in the crockpot with a wooden spoon. If using fresh thyme, pick about 4 large sprigs and place on top of the Normandy Pork - the leaves fall off during cooking & leave the bare branches for throwing away!
- Cook on high for between 6 - 10 hours.
- Just before serving, pour in Calvados and mix through. Serve each person with 2 -3 pieces of pork, a cooked apple half & 1 or 2 shallots; add a dollop of creme fraiche on the side & garnish with Thyme & a fresh Apple sliver if desired. Decant the excess sauce into a gravy boat for extra saucy bits!
- Great with spiced red cabbage, fluffy mashed potatoes or pommes Dauphinoise.
- To cook in an conventional oven, follow recipe as above, but cook in a La Creuset type oven proof dish; pre-heat oven to 175 C or 350 F and cook slowly for about 6 hours, checking after 4 hours. It will cook quite happily for up to 8 hours if this helps in your time management, you may have to turn the oven down to about 125 C, 250 F after 4 hours for a long slow 8 hour cooking time.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 658.8, Fat 48, SaturatedFat 19.7, Cholesterol 165.6, Sodium 192.1, Carbohydrate 25, Fiber 1.7, Sugar 7.5, Protein 32.4
PORK NORMANDY
I got this recipe from my mother who learned to make it when we lived in England. It's a family favorite and great for company.
Provided by Tiffany Curtis
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European French
Time 1h20m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Heat butter in an oven-proof skillet over medium heat. Place pork tenderloin in butter, and brown on both sides. Remove from skillet, and set aside.
- Stir in onions, and cook 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in apple, and cook until golden brown. Stir in flour; cook about 30 seconds.
- In a bowl, stir together stock and apple cider. Stir into skillet, and bring to a boil. Return tenderloin to skillet. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover skillet.
- Bake in preheated oven until tender, about 45 minutes. Remove tenderloin to a cutting board, and cut into 1 1/2-inch slices.
- Pour the sauce, including the onions and apples, into a blender or food processor and pulse until smooth. Return the sauce to the pan, and reheat over medium-low; stir in 2 tablespoons cream, and heat until warm. Serve sauce spooned over sliced tenderloin.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 203.8 calories, Carbohydrate 9 g, Cholesterol 72.3 mg, Fat 8.4 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 20.7 g, SaturatedFat 3.8 g, Sodium 175 mg, Sugar 5.8 g
NORMANDY PORK TENDERLOIN
A wonderful way of serving pork tenderloin. If you don't have Calvados or Brandy you and replace that with more cider.
Provided by ALH7401
Categories Pork
Time 1h15m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Rub sage, salt and pepper into the tenderloins.
- Heat oil in skillet over high heat.
- Sear tenderloins until browned.
- Place seared tenderloins on a baking sheet and bake 10 minutes or until temperature is 135 degrees.
- Remove meat and let rest.
- Add more oil to skillet (if needed) and saute onions until soft.
- Add the apples to the skillet and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
- Add stock, cider, Calvados, mustard, and ginger - deglaze the skillet.
- Simmer liquid until it reduces by about half.
- Stir in cream and simmer over high heat until the mixture coats the back of a spoon.
- Serve sliced tenderloin with the sauce spooned over it.
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