Maple Pork Chops

SERVES 4 | 15 MINS PREP | 30 MINS COOK TIME

INGREDIENTS

4 pork loin or shoulder chops

500g waxy potatoes, cut into about 1cm thick slices  

4 sprigs thyme

2 red onions, each cut into 8 wedges  

4 small pears, halved and cored

Olive oil for drizzling

2 tablespoons maple syrup

Blue butter

50g blue cheese

25g butter, softened

dash Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon finely chopped thyme leaves

To serve

Steamed green beans

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 200°C.

Place potato slices in a roasting dish and sprinkle over the thyme. Add the onions and pears (cut-side down). Place on room temperature pork chops, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.  Place in the oven and roast for 15 minutes.

Remove from the oven and reduce oven temperature to 180°C. Turn pears over and drizzle the maple syrup over the pork chops. Return to the oven and roast for a further 15 minutes.

Using a fork mash together the blue cheese and butter. Add a dash of Worcestershire sauce and the chopped thyme. Use straightaway or place on a piece of baking paper and roll into a log. Keep in the refrigerator until ready to use.

Serve pork chops topped with blue butter and steamed green beans.

Recipe and image thanks to pork.co.nz