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Bacon Chops with Apple & Cider Sauce
by Jamie Grainger
serves: 4
  Bacon chops with mashed potatoes
Ingredients:
  1 tbsp   oil
  4 each   bacon chops
  2 each   cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
  1 tsp   butter
  2 each   garlic cloves, finely chopped
  1 tsp   sugar
  2/3 cup   dry cider
  1 tsp   cider vinegar
  1 tbsp   wholegrain mustard
  2 tsp   chopped fresh thyme
    salt and pepper to taste
    sprigs of thyme, to granish
Directions:
  1. Heat the oil in a large heavy frying pan over a medium heat, and cook the chops for 10 minutes, browning well on both sides. Remove the chops from the pan and keep warm.

2. Add the butter and apples to the frying pan and cook until the juices begin to turn brown.

3. Add the garlic and sugar, and cook for 1 minute, then stir in the cider, cider vinegar, mustard and chopped thyme. Boil for a few minutes until reduced to a saucy consistency. Season well.

4. Place the chops on armed serving plates, spoone over the sauce, garinsh with the thyme springs and serve.


To Serve
mashed potatoes
steamed buttered cabbage