Pork Normandy Recipes

NORMANDY PORK WITH APPLES & CIDER

Steps:

• Heat half the oil in a large pan and brown the meat in batches. Don't overcrowd the pan, and only turn the meat when it has a deep brown crust on the underside, as this will add lots of flavour to the stew. When one batch is cooked, tip it into the slow cooker and continue with the next batch, adding more oil as you need it.
• When all the meat has been transferred to the slow cooker, add the onion, carrots and celery to the pan and cook for 5-10 mins to just soften, scraping any meaty bits up from the bottom of the pan. Tip the veg into the slow cooker. Add the lardons to the pan and fry until crispy. Pour in the cider, bubble for 1 min, again scraping the bottom of the pan, then tip the cider and lardons into the slow cooker too. Add the apples, stock cube and herbs to the slow cooker, pour in 400ml water, season well and turn the heat to Low. Cover with the lid and cook for 6-8 hrs until the meat is very tender. (If you don't have a slow cooker, tip all the ingredients back into the pan, cover with a lid and cook for 3 hrs over a low heat, stirring every now and then to prevent it from catching on the bottom. You may have to add a splash of water during cooking if the sauce looks dry.)
• Turn your slow cooker up to High. Add the crème fraîche and mustard to the stew and check the seasoning. If the sauce is thin, you can thicken it with the cornflour - ladle 2 spoonfuls of the sauce into a pan and bring to a simmer, mix the cornflour with 1-2 tsp cold water to make a paste, then stir it into the sauce. Once thickened, return the sauce to the slow cooker and cook for 10 mins more on High, stirring occasionally (or for 5 mins on the hob). Serve with mashed potato, greens and extra mustard and thyme, if you like.

PORK CHOPS NORMANDY

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown pork chops in butter. Remove and keep warm. In the same skillet, saute pears and shallots until crisp-tender. Add garlic; saute 1 minute longer. Remove from the heat. Stir in brandy; cook over medium heat until liquid is evaporated., Stir in the cream and seasonings; cook for 2-3 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened. Return pork chops to skillet; cover and cook for 8-10 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°, turning once.

NORMANDY-STYLE PORK STEW

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Season pork with salt and pepper. Melt butter in an ovenproof braiser pan, large straight-sided skillet, or wide, shallow pot over medium-high heat. When foam subsides, add pork and cook, turning a few times, until browned all over, 10 to 12 minutes (do not crowd pan; brown in two batches if necessary). Transfer to a plate.
• Add bacon and shallots to pan; reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring a few times, until bacon renders its fat and shallots turn golden brown in places, 6 to 8 minutes. Return pork and any accumulated juices to pan. Sprinkle evenly with flour, stir, and cook 1 minute. Add bay leaf and cider; boil 1 minute. Add broth and return to a boil.
• Cover and transfer to oven; braise 45 minutes. Stir in carrots and celery, cover, and return to oven until pork is fork-tender and carrots are tender but still holding their shape, 1 hour to 1 hour, 15 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaf. Stir in crème fraîche and Dijon. Top with herbs; serve with more crème fraîche and Dijon.

MESQUITE PORK LOIN NORMANDY

Steps:

• Rinse pork loin to remove residue and pat dry with paper towels. Rub with the mesquite seasoning. Then combine the ground cloves, cinnamon, allspice and sugar and rub onto pork as well. Let sit refrigerated for at least 2 hours.
• Place dried shiitakes into a small bowl and cover with hot water for about 20 to 30 minutes to re-hydrate.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Heat oil over medium-high heat in a large saute pan with oven safe handles. Sear pork loin on all sides and roast in oven until fork-tender, about 1 hour. Remove from oven, transfer pork loin to a cutting board, and let rest.
• In the last 30 minutes of the cooking time for the pork loin make the sauce. Melt the butter over medium heat in a large saute pan with a cover. Add the onion and saute until it becomes translucent. Add the apples and pour the sherry over, cover and let cook until the apples begin to soften, about 10 to 15 minutes. Strain the mushrooms through paper towels and reserve the soaking liquid in a small bowl. Whisk the cornstarch into the soaking liquid along with mustard powder, salt and pepper. Add the soaking liquid mixture to the apples and stir to coat. Let cook for a few minutes to let flavors integrate, then remove from heat, adjust salt and pepper as needed, and keep covered in a warm place.
• Slice pork loin down and transfer to a serving dish. Spoon sauce and apples over the meat and garnish with parsley sprigs.

NORMANDY PORK TENDERLOIN

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.

PORK NORMANDY

Steps:

• In skillet in hot oil, cook pork chops about 10 minutes or until browned; pour off fat.
• Stir in soup, wine, apple, celery and thyme.
• Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Serve over noodles.

SLOW-COOKER PORK NORMANDY

Steps:

• Mix first 4 ingredients; remove 2 Tbsp. for later use. Coat meat with remaining flour mixture.
• Cook half the meat in 1 Tbsp. oil in large skillet 4 to 5 min. or until lightly browned. Place in slow cooker. Repeat with remaining oil and meat.
• Top meat in slow cooker with onions and apples. Mix broth, cider, mustard, sugar and reserved flour mixture until blended. Pour over meat mixture. Cover with lid.
• Cook on LOW 5 to 6 hours (or on HIGH 3 to 4 hours) or until meat is tender. Transfer meat, onions and apples with slotted spoon to serving platter. Stir sour cream into sauce in slow cooker. Spoon over meat mixture.