CREAMY PORK AND APPLE CIDER CASSEROLE WITH POTATO APPLE MASH
PREP TIME: 25 MINS
COOKING TIME: 2 HR, 30 MIN
SERVES: 6
INGREDIENTS
¼ cup olive oil
800g pork shoulder, diced
1 large brown onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 large carrots, peeled and diced
2 celery sticks, diced
1 small fennel, diced, reserving fronds for mash
2 tablespoons cornflour
1 ½ tablespoons grainy Dijon mustard
330ml bottle dry apple cider
1 ½ cups (375ml) chicken stock
½ cup (125ml) thickened cream
¼ cup sage leaves, chopped
Salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper
Potato apple mash
1.5kg Spud Lite potatoes, peeled and quartered
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and quartered
50g unsalted butter
½ cup (125ml) milk
½ cup grated vintage cheddar
1 tablespoon grainy mustard
Salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper
METHOD
1. Preheat oven to 160°C (140°C fan-forced).
2. Heat 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil in a large heavy based ovenproof pan (eg. Le Cruset) over a medium-high heat. Add pork in batches and brown on all sides. Set aside until required.
3. Heat remaining oil in the same pan over a low heat. Add onion, garlic, carrots, celery and fennel, stirring to combine. Cover and cook for 10 minutes or until vegetables are soft and tender. Return pork to pan with cornflour and mustard, stirring until well combined. Add cider and stock, stirring to combine and slowly bring to a boil. Cover pan with a tight fitting lid and place in preheated oven for 2 hours to cook slowly.
4. Meanwhile for the mash potato, steam potatoes for 20 minutes, adding apple for the final 10 minutes. Drain and using a potato masher or ricer, mash mixture until smooth. Return mash to pan over a low heat, stirring continuously for 1-2 minutes, to help mash dry out.
5. Add butter, milk, cheddar, mustard, salt, pepper and reserved chopped fennel fronds to mash, stirring until mixture is smooth. Set aside until required.
To serve, remove pork from oven and finish by adding cream, sage, salt and pepper, stirring to combine. Serve creamy pork casserole with potato apple mash and steamed greens.
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