Hi Australia, I’m Luke Mangan.
Tonight is all about real food, comfort food. My roast pork chop, caramelised apple and spiced pumpkin. Let’s get cooking.
Ok step one you need half a butternut pumpkin, but of salt, some pepper, then you could spice it up with anything you like. Tonight we’re going to use some fennel seeds. Get them in there and some good olive oil. That’s going to go into an oven of about 200 hundred for about half an hour or so or until tender.
Alright for the apples. Peeled and we just quarter them. Take that little core out.
Ok next step we’re going to get these two beautiful Aussie pork cutlets. Bit of olive oil, salt and pepper and today I’m going to use some coriander seeds. Ground coriander on both sides that’ll give it a nice little bit of flavour and what we do then. A good splash of olive oil to a medium to hot pan. Now we want to get these beautiful pork chops in this pan for about 2-3 minutes on both sides and then we’re going to throw in those apples. Just put in about a teaspoon of butter with those apples. And they go in to the oven about 180 or so for about 10-15 minutes, depending on the thickness of the pork.
So that’s just out of the oven about 10-12 minutes. I’m going to add a bit more butter. I’m going to add the sugar, which is going to help caramelise the apples. I’m going to add a little bit of this brandy if you like brandy and then a little bit of vegetable stock. Just bring that to the boil and that will be your beautiful sauce for these pork chops.
And now a little bit of broccolini with chilli. So in a medium hear pan a little splash of olive oil. I’m going to throw in a few bits of broccolini. I like to just toast or roast this broccolini in a pan. Good pinch of salt. You just gently do that for about 3-5 minutes and I’m just going to add a little bit of chilli in their now and a splash of vegetable stock.
So we’re ready to serve. Look at this pumpkin. Just scoop that out. How good is that? Then we’ve got the broccolini and a bit of chilli and then to finish... pork chop with those beautiful caramelised apples and that amazing sauce.
And there you have it Australia. My roast pork chop, caramelised apples, spiced pumpkin. Enjoy!