Cider

In France, especially in the Normandy region, many dishes are made with apples. Also, meat is prepared with apples. One may be not entirely authentic, but the very delicious recipe I prepared follows the cooking traditions of the Normandie region. This fall, the apple harvest in Estonia is abundant, and why not use apples to prepare savory dishes as well?

Preparation time: 1 hour
Level: Not too twisty
Serves: two to four

Ingredients:
4-5 pieces of pork tenderloin about 2 cm thick, meat slightly pounded
3 medium, not too soft, rather sweeter apples, peeled and cut into sectors
4 shallots cut into sectors
4 medium cloves of garlic, minced
200 ml of heavy cream
30 ml of calvados
300 ml of dry apple cider
Sea salt and black pepper to taste
A small bunch of thyme and rosemary for seasoning
40 g of butter for browning the meat
2 teaspoons flour to thicken the sauce
2-3 tablespoons cooking oil for frying apples
Fresh, chopped parsley for sauce and garnish

Preparation:

1. Cut the meat into slices about 2 cm thick and pound it lightly with a meat mallet.
2. Cut the shallots into sectors and chop the garlic.
3. Heat a pan or on a higher heat and brown the pieces of meat on both sides until they are golden brown. Place rosemary and thyme sprigs in the pan while browning.
4. Pour the cavlados into the hot pan and carefully light it. Let the alcohol burn off.
5. Place the pieces of meat on a plate, pour shallots and garlic into the pan, brown for a few minutes.
6. Pour apple cider into the pan, and mix well, also from the bottom of the pan, so that all the delicious layer from browning the meat gets into the sauce.
7. Put the meat pieces in the sauce, lower the temperature to medium, and simmer for about 20 minutes under the lid.
8. Peel the apples and cut them into slices or sectors of the size you like.
9. Mix the whipped cream with the flour.
10. Transfer the meat to a plate with a fork and mix the whipped cream and flour into the sauce. Add chopped parsley. Return the meat to the pan and simmer under the lid for another 5 minutes.
11. At the same time, pour cooking oil into another pan and heat the pan to medium-high heat.
12. When the oil is hot, pour the apples into the pan and fry them for about 5 minutes until the apples are nicely brown.
13. Add the apples to the meat and sauce, let the pan heat for another minute, and serve with baked potatoes.
    To prepare baked potatoes, wash the potatoes carefully, cut them into sectors, place them in a heat-proof pan, mix them with a few tablespoons of cooking oil, season with sea salt, and cook them in the oven at maximum temperature until the potatoes are brown, crispy and soft inside. Let the potatoes cool a bit and sprinkle with fresh parsley
    Ready!!