Ingredients
- ½tbs duck fat
- 4 thick pork chops, bone on if possible
- ½ a turnip, peeled and cut into ½cm slices
- 50g butter
- 150ml cider
- 125g smoked bacon lardons
- 10 sage leaves
- Salt and black pepper
1 Set your oven to 185 degrees.
2 Take a large frying pan or small roasting tray. Melt the duck fat in it and allow it to smoke a little.
3 Carefully add the chops, season them, brown on both sides and on the fatty edge for a couple of minutes.
4 Remove the chops from the pan and add the turnips.
5 Colour the turnips gently on one side then turn them over.
6 Add the cider, then lay the chops on top of the turnip.
7 Dot the turnips with butter, scatter the smoked bacon around, then tuck the sage leaves in among the turnips.
8 Bake for 25-30 minutes, depending on the thickness of the chops, until cooked through.
