Beef & Pork Recipes - Pork Chops with Almond Sauce

Ingredients

• 4 cloves

• 4 cardamom pods

• 5ml/1 tsp black peppercorns

• 1/2 cinnamon stick

• 75ml/5 tbsp ghee

• 2 onions, sliced

• 2.5cm/1 in ginger root, chopped

• 4 pork chops trimmed

• 600ml/1 pt/1 1/2 cups milk

• 5ml/1 tsp ground turmeric

• salt

• 50g/2 oz/1/2 cup ground almonds

• 150ml/1/4 pt/2/3 cup double cream

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Method:

1. Dry roast the cloves, cardamom , peppercorns and cinnamon until lightly colored the grind. Heat 60ml/4 tbsp of ghee and fry the onions, ginger and spices for 10 minutes until soft then remove from the pan.

2. Heat the remaining ghee and fry the chops until browned on both sides. stir the milk, turmeric and salt into the onion mixture, pour over the chops bring to the boil, cover and simmer for about 45 minutes until the chops are tender and the sauce is thick, basting the chops occasionally during cooking.

3. Mix together the almonds and cream and leave to stand for 30 minutes. Remove the chops from the pan and boil the sauce until reduced to a thick consistency.

4. Stir in the almond cream,. return the chops to the pan and simmer for 10 minutes, making sure the chops are covered in the sauce.