/ck/ - Food & Cooking

So, to recap I rolled Sweet and Sour and I didn't want to go for the obvious and make a Chinese style Sweet and Sour Pork/Chicken/Beef. So I went for the less obvious route, I decided to do a salad.

I made a apple gastrique with fresh apples, apple and honey cider vinegar, brandy, sugar and a little lemon juice to balance the flavors out. I sliced the apples and diced some up roughly, cooking the diced apples until they were tender before adding the sliced ones, so that the apple slices would still have a bit of crunch to it.

I then tossed the salad with this apple 'dressing' while it was in the pan, allowing the residual heat to just slightly wilt the greens before serving them.

For the pork fillet, I marinated the pork chop with some salt, pepper and a touch of the apple/honey vinegar and some apple brandy for a few hours before pan frying it and allowed it to rest while I plated the salad before just sliding it on top. I tried a version where I sliced it first but it just did not look as nice.