Slow Cooked Pork with Vichy Carrots and Mash

This Slow Cooked Pork with Vichy Carrots and Mash is a classic. It is served with a cider and calvados sauce. Vichy carrots are cooked in a combination of water, butter, sugar and salt and this creates a delicious emulsion.

Ingredients

  • 2kg rolled middle white pork loin
  • 1 tbs sea salt
  • 2 large pork chops
Sauce
  • 400ml veal jus
  • 50ml cider
  • 25ml calvados
  • 100ml double cream
  • 25g butter
  • 1 tbsp grain mustard
  • Salt and pepper
To serve
  • 1kg mash, butter double cream
  • 100g butter
  • 100ml double cream
  • 12 large carrots peeled
  •  8 star anise
  • 100g butter
  • 100g caster sugar
  •  Water to cover

Method

  1. Pre heat the oven to 230c.
  2. Place the pork into a large roasting tray. Sprinkle over the salt and place into the oven after 30 minutes. Turn the oven down to 170c and cook for a further one and a half hours, take out and rest for 20 minutes.
  3. Place the carrots, butter and water with the star anise into a pan. Bring to the boil and cook for 20 minutes.
  4. Pop the pork chops onto a baking tray and grill on high for 8 minutes. Flip over then grill for a further 7 minutes. Rest.
  5. Bring the jus, calvados, cream and cider to the boil and then reduce by half. Finish with butter, mustard and season.
  6. To serve, slice the pork and pop onto a plate with a dollop of mash, a spoonful of carrots and a drizzle over the sauce.

Ingredients

  • 2kg rolled middle white pork loin
  • 1 tbs sea salt
  • 2 large pork chops
Sauce
  • 400ml veal jus
  • 50ml cider
  • 25ml calvados
  • 100ml double cream
  • 25g butter
  • 1 tbsp grain mustard
  • Salt and pepper
To serve
  • 1kg mash, butter double cream
  • 100g butter
  • 100ml double cream
  • 12 large carrots peeled
  •  8 star anise
  • 100g butter
  • 100g caster sugar
  •  Water to cover

Method

  1. Pre heat the oven to 230c.
  2. Place the pork into a large roasting tray. Sprinkle over the salt and place into the oven after 30 minutes. Turn the oven down to 170c and cook for a further one and a half hours, take out and rest for 20 minutes.
  3. Place the carrots, butter and water with the star anise into a pan. Bring to the boil and cook for 20 minutes.
  4. Pop the pork chops onto a baking tray and grill on high for 8 minutes. Flip over then grill for a further 7 minutes. Rest.
  5. Bring the jus, calvados, cream and cider to the boil and then reduce by half. Finish with butter, mustard and season.
  6. To serve, slice the pork and pop onto a plate with a dollop of mash, a spoonful of carrots and a drizzle over the sauce.