Recipes
Recipes

Slow-cooked pork loin with spiced apples

For the perfect marriage of sweet and savoury

For the perfect marriage of sweet and savoury

starstarstarstarstar
(8 votes)
Cooking Time

Cook: 1 Hour 55 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 6

Cooking Time

Price: £1.65 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 270g serving contains

Energy
1199kj
295kcal
15%
Fat
7.2g
Med
10%
Saturates
2.5g
Med
13%
Sugars
19.7g
High
22%
Salt
0.28g
Low
5%
1
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
444kj/106kcal

Ingredients

1tsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp ground nutmeg

2tbsp brown sugar

2tbsp maple syrup

6 Bramley apples (each peeled, halved and cored)

Sprigs of thyme

1kg rindless pork loin

Mash (optional)

Green beans (optional)

Method

1
Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Mix together the spices, sugar and syrup; coat the apples in the mixture.
2
Put the pork in the middle of a large baking tray, with the apples around the edges, and bake for 1 hr 30 mins. Allow to rest on a board for 10 mins, then garnish with the thyme. Mash the apples in a bowl to make a sauce.
3
Slice the meat and serve with the apple sauce, plus mashed potatoes and beans, if you like.