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Red meat is not something which I eat very often. I do enjoy a nice piece of steak every now and then, or a pot of beef stew. Occasionally I will enjoy a sausage, an all beef hot dog, or a pork chop.
In the UK I used to enjoy a bit of lamb every now and then. Usually I only eat chicken/turkey, or fish . . . and often I will opt for no meat at all.
I recently (maybe a month or so ago) found a nice thick bone in pork chop marked down at the grocery store here in town. It had a lovely medallion of tenderloin on the side as well. It was about 1 1/2 inches thick and would have been large enough for two people to enjoy and in truth would do me for two meals.
I could not resist picking it up and bringing it home. I wrapped it up tightly and popped it into the freezer to enjoy sometime when I was fancying a bit of pork. Today was the day.
I have always loved pork chops with stuffing. To be honest I love anything with stuffing. I just LOVE stuffing (or dressing as it is also called.) I am the kind of person who could eat a whole plate of that and nothing else at all.
I also love the concept of sheet pan suppers. Suppers where you pop everything onto one sheet pan and then bake them in the oven. Easy peazy, with not a lot of clean up to do afterwards.
I decided to try to make up a sheet pan pork chop and stuffing dinner for myself. It is sized for two. You can use either a large thick pork chop large enough for two people or you can use two thinner pork chops. Its your choice.
If you use a large thick chop you will need to cook it for a bit longer when you are browning it so that it cooks through in the time allotted for roasting in the oven. This is what I did.
I used my basic recipe for Newfoundland Stuffing. Its a simple recipe and one which my family really enjoys. I kept the quantities for that at a full size, enough to serve four, because . . .
Can you ever have too much stuffing? I think not!
I just cooked the extra in a small baking dish along side of the sheet pan supper.
For vegetables I used sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts because that is what I had and I love both of those. You can use whatever vegetables you want to use. Regular white potatoes would be nice as would green beans.
You could roast cobs of corn, or carrots, squash, turnips, zucchini, or whatever vegetables you enjoy. Just make sure that they are a vegetable that will cook in the time allotted.
WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE SHEET PAN PORK CHOP & STUFFING DINNER
Simple every day kitchen ingredients. Fresh vegetables and fresh meat. A bit of bread and some herbs/seasonings.
For the stuffing:
- 2 cups (118g) fresh coarse bread crumbs
- 1 - 2 TBS summer savory (can use a mix of thyme, sage, poultry seasoning)
- 1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 6 TBS butter, melted
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup (60ml) chicken stock (only if dressing seems dry)
You will also need:
- 2 (1/2 inch thick) bone in pork loin chops
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes
- about 16 brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved
- 1 TBS canola oil
- salt and black pepper to taste
- garlic herb seasoning to taste
- 1 TBS cold butter thinly sliced
Summer savory is an herb that is peculiar to the Maritime Provinces and can be very difficult to find in other places other than via mail order. If you cannot get it you can use equal amounts of a combination of thyme, marjoram and sage.
When I lived in the UK I used to pick up packages of it to bring back to the UK every time I came back to Nova Scotia for a visit. It is an herb we Maritimers just love.
I used a thick pork chop rather than two thinner ones. As a result I needed to brown it for a bit longer before putting it into the oven so as to make sure it would be cooked through during the roasting time allotted. This worked out perfectly.
Nothing could really be easier, really. I know I say that all the time, but I really do mean it.
First make the stuffing. Melt the butter in a skillet. Add the onion and cook stirring until softened without browning.
Place the bread crumbs into a bowl. Pour over the butter and onion mixture and toss everything together well. Add the savory and salt and pepper to taste. Taste and adjust seasoning as required. Only add the stock if the mixture seems ultra dry.
Season the pork chops all over and brown for 2 - 3 minutes per side over medium high heat. (Use the same skillet you cooked the onions in.) (If you are using one thicker chop, cook for about 4 minutes per side.)
Preheat the oven to 425*F/220*C/ gas mark 7. Line a baking tray with some aluminum foil and spray it with some nonstick cooking spray.
Toss the sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts together in a bowl with the oil, some garlic herb seasoning and salt and black pepper to taste.
Place the vegetables onto the baking tray. Add the pork chops and pile half of the stuffing onto the top of the chops, dividing it evenly. Place the rest into a small casserole dish and cover tightly.
Dot the top of the stuffing with some of the cold butter.
Roast in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes, or until the pork chops are cooked through and the vegetables have begun to caramelize a bit. Add the extra stuffing the last 8 minutes or so of cook time. If you think the stuffing on your chop is browning too quickly, you can cover it lightly with a small square of aluminum foil.
Divide the hot chops and stuffing between two heated plates along with half each of the vegetables. Serve hot.
This was incredibly delicious. The pork was perfectly cooked. Not dry in the least and very tender. The vegetables were beautifully cooked and caramelized. The stuffing was also perfect. I did not add any extra stock to it at all.
If you wanted to you could make some gravy to serve with this, or add a side salad or even some applesauce. Pork and applesauce go very well together.
Altogether this was a really super satisfying meal that I would highly recommend. If you wanted to you could use a larger baking sheet and double everything to feed four people. Cook times would remain the same.
If you are a fan of pork chops, you might also enjoy these other pork chop recipes found here on The English Kitchen:
PORK CHOPS WITH CREAM GRAVY - Deliciously tender pork chops with pepper gravy, a creamy pepper gravy. The same type of cream gravy that you might enjoy on biscuits with sausage. The chops are perfectly cooked, well flavored and spiced. The cream gravy is rich and the perfect accompaniment. Together they are excellent eating!
MAPLE GLAZED PORK CHOPS - These simple pan fried pork chops with their simple maple and mushroom sauce and glaze make for a really quick and easy dinner recipe. You begin by curing them with a simple brown sugar rub. A mushroom and maple glaze finishes them off perfectly.
Yield: 2
Sheet Pan Pork Chop & Stuffing Dinner
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 25 MinTotal time: 40 Min
Two bone in chops are lightly browned and then baked in a hot oven topped with some delicious homemade stuffing along with sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts for a delicious complete meal for two.
Ingredients
For the stuffing:
- 2 cups (118g) fresh coarse bread crumbs
- 1 - 2 TBS summer savory (can use a mix of thyme, sage, poultry seasoning)
- 1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 6 TBS butter, melted
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup (60ml) chicken stock (only if dressing seems dry)
You will also need:
- 2 (1/2 inch thick) bone in pork loin chops
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes
- about 16 brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved
- 1 TBS canola oil
- salt and black pepper to taste
- garlic herb seasoning to taste
- 1 TBS cold butter thinly sliced
Instructions
- First make the stuffing. Melt the butter in a skillet. Add the onion and cook stirring until softened without browning.
- Place the bread crumbs into a bowl. Pour over the butter and onion mixture and toss everything together well. Add the savory and salt and pepper to taste. Taste and adjust seasoning as required. Only add the stock if the mixture seems ultra dry.
- Season the pork chops all over and brown for 2 - 3 minutes per side over medium high heat. (Use the same skillet you cooked the onions in.) (If you are cooking one thicker chop, cook for about 4 minutes per side.)
- Preheat the oven to 425*F/220*C/ gas mark 7. Line a baking tray with some aluminum foil and spray it with some nonstick cooking spray.
- Toss the sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts together in a bowl with the oil, some garlic herb seasoning and salt and black pepper to taste.
- Place the vegetables onto the baking tray. Add the pork chops and pile half of the stuffing onto the top of the chops, dividing it evenly. Place the rest into a small casserole dish and cover tightly.
- Dot the top of the stuffing with some of the cold butter.
- Roast in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes, or until the pork chops are cooked through and the vegetables have begun to caramelize a bit. Add the extra stuffing the last 8 minutes or so of cook time. If you think the stuffing on your chop is browning too quickly, you can cover it lightly with a small square of aluminum foil.
- Divide the hot chops and stuffing between two heated plates along with half each of the vegetables. Serve hot.
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I have been craving Beef Stew all week. It's a winter thing I guess, and having just come through having had a bad cold I was really craving some sort of comfort food.
In the UK they make things called Hot Pots in the winter months. This is usually with lamb, but I have also seen them made with other meats such as pork or chicken. This is the ultimate in comfort food.
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Meat and vegetables layered in an oven proof casserole dish with some stock, and then baked until everything is meltingly tender. Usually there is a thatch of sliced potatoes on top, but not always.
Today I decided to make myself a hot pot of sorts using some steak I found in my freezer, and why not! I was really pleased with how it turned out as well. This is sized for two to three people, but could certainly be made large enough to feed many more than that.
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Its not a recipe as much as it is a technique. Meat it browned and then layered up with a variety of vegetables. A flavor filled stock is poured over top and then the whole thing is baked long and slow until everything melts in your mouth.
You can thicken the juices to make a delicious gravy if you wish.
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Its all a matter of using what you have. I have even seen hot pots made with canned corned beef and baked beans. Using steak would be at the higher end of the scale!
Delicious, hearty and thrifty, that is the epitome of a classic hot pot, and in these days of having to pinch our pennies, thrifty counts more than ever!
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WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE BEEF STEAK HOT POT
I simply used what meat and vegetables I had in my freezer and refrigerator. Using up what you already have is the name of the game! This is by no means a stringent list of ingredients!
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 tsp oil
- 10 ounces (285g) top round or stewing steak cut into pieces
- 1/2 tsp each garlic powder, salt, black pepper and summer savory (or thyme)
- 1/2 small white cabbage cut into wedges
- 1 large parsnip, peeled and thickly sliced
- 1/3 of a small turnip (rutabaga/swede) peeled and cut into thick half moons
- 2 medium carrots, peeled and thickly sliced
- 2 small onions quartered
- 2 cups beef stock
- 1 TBS tomato ketchup
- 1 TBS sweet pickle juice or Worcestershire sauce
- 1 TBS HP or other steak sauce
- 1 heaped TBS to thicken the gravy
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I am not sure what kind of steak I had as I had not marked the package but bear in mind you don't want to use your most expensive cut. I would suggest a rump or round steak. Any kind of steak which is well suited to braising.
Likewise, your vegetables. Root vegetables braise very well, and I think they taste even better if braised until they melt in your mouth. But I could be alone in that way of thinking. I like to mash them up on my plate and dot them with butter.
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Cabbage is especially lovely when braised long and slow for a lengthy period of time. It becomes almost buttery, and it does indeed melt in the mouth.
I love rutabaga, carrots and parsnips. They work very well in a dish like this.
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I chose to flavor the stock with a few aromatics, tomato ketchup, HP sauce and some sweet pickle juice. If you don't have sweet pickle juice then you can use Worcestershire sauce, or even leave it out altogether. I happen to like it in any dish like this one.
You will also note that there is not a lot of seasoning in this dish. With aromatics such as the above you don't really need a lot of seasoning. Just make sure you sprinkle some of it on each layer.
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HOW TO MAKE BEEF STEAK HOT POT
Nothing could really be easier. Brown your meat and then layer up your veg and bake. You can thicken the juices at the end for a delicious gravy if you wish.
Preheat the oven to 350*F/180*C/gas mark 4.
Heat the butter and oil in a heavy based oven proof casserole until the butter begins to foam. Add the pieces of steak and brown them well on both sides.
Mix together the herbs and seasonings in a small bowl.
Place the onion quarters around the browned steak in the bottom of the casserole. Sprinkle with a bit of the seasoning.
Layer in the vegetables one at a time on top of the steak, sprinkling each layer with the seasoning mixture, and ending with the wedges of cabbage.
Whisk together the beef stock, ketchup, pickle juice, and HP sauce. Pour over the meat and vegetables. Cover the casserole tightly.
Place into the preheated oven. Roast for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours until the meat and vegetables are tender.
Remove from the oven. Using a slotted spoon remove the meat and vegetables from the juices to a platter. Set aside and keep warm. Whisk the flour into the remaining juices and cook, whisking constantly over medium high heat until the gravy thickens.
Serve portions of the meat along with the vegetables with some of that delicious gravy spooned over top.
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This really was delicious. I always love something like boiled potatoes or mash with this type of a meal. Today it was boiled potatoes.
I boiled them in their skins just like my mother always did. Just pick some small to medium sized potatoes and wash them very well. Cover with lightly salted water, bring to the boil and then simmer for 20 to 25 minutes until fork tender.
Spear with a fork and peel. As I was peeling mine, I was thinking of my mother and watching her peel boiled potatoes for our supper. What a sweet memory for me that was.
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If you are a fan of long and slow cooking, you might also enjoy the following:
POT ROASTED PORK WITH CABBAGE AND CARROTS - This Pot Roasted Pork with Cabbage and carrots is one of my favorite meals to cook when the temperatures start dropping and the nights begin to draw in. A long slow braise results in succulent moist pork, tender roasted carrots, butter tender cabbage and a rich gravy that is to die for.
LANCASHIRE HOT POT - If you are a fan of Coronation Street you will be familiar with the pleasure of the Lancashire Hot Pot. This is as traditional as they get, with layers of lamb, onions and carrots, and a lovely thatch of buttery sliced potato on top.
Yield: 2-3
Beef Steak Hot Pot
Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 2 HourTotal time: 2 H & 20 M
Tender pieces of beef with plenty of vegetables cooked long and slow. You can make a delicious gravy with the pan juices. I like to serve this with boiled or mashed potatoes!
Ingredients
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 tsp oil
- 10 ounces (285g) top round or stewing steak cut into pieces
- 1/2 tsp each garlic powder, salt, black pepper and summer savory (or thyme)
- 1/2 small white cabbage cut into wedges
- 1 large parsnip, peeled and thickly sliced
- 1/3 of a small turnip (rutabaga/swede) peeled and cut into thick half moons
- 2 medium carrots, peeled and thickly sliced
- 2 small onions quartered
- 2 cups beef stock
- 1 TBS tomato ketchup
- 1 TBS sweet pickle juice or Worcestershire sauce
- 1 TBS HP or other steak sauce
- 1 heaped TBS to thicken the gravy
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350*F/180*C/gas mark 4.
- Heat the butter and oil in a heavy based oven proof casserole until the butter begins to foam. Add the pieces of steak and brown them well on both sides.
- Mix together the herbs and seasonings.
- Place the onion quarters around the steak in the bottom of the casserole. Sprinkle with a bit of the seasoning.
- Layer in the vegetables one at a time on top of the steak, sprinkling each layer with the seasoning mixture, and ending with the wedges of cabbage.
- Whisk together the beef stock, ketchup, pickle juice, and HP sauce. Pour over the meat and vegetables. Cover the casserole tightly.
- Place into the preheated oven. Roast for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours until the meat and vegetables are tender.
- Remove from the oven. Using a slotted spoon remove the meat and vegetables from the juices to a platter. Set aside and keep warm.
- Whisk the flour into the remaining juices and cook, whisking constantly over medium high heat until the gravy thickens.
- Serve portions of the meat along with the vegetables with some of the gravy spooned over top.
It is not often when we think of Pot Roasting that we think of pot roasting a whole chicken. Usually, we will pot roast a joint of beef or pork, or even lamb, but not chicken, and I wonder why that is.
We are not averse to stewing chicken pieces, or fricasseeing them, but it hardly ever seems that we will do a whole chicken. Its a shame really because the end result is always tender moist and delicious.
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True, we will not get the crisp skin which is usually associated with a roast chicken, but we aren't really supposed to be eating the skin anyways. What you sacrifice in flavor from a sticky crisp skin, you more than make up for in flavor with a perfectly cooked moist and delicious chicken!
This also smells delicious while it is cooking and the gravy you end up with is more than to die for! This has to be one of my favorite ways of preparing a whole chicken. I guarantee you will fall in love with it also!
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WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE POT ROASTED CHICKEN
You may think that some the ingredients are a bit unusual but trust me when I say they totally work!
- 1 TBS sunflower oil
- 1 medium sized roasting chicken (about 4 pounds in weight)
- 6 ounces (175g) bacon lardons or chopped thick sliced bacon
- 1 large onion, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 8 small cloves of garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 fresh sprigs of rosemary, leaves stripped and roughly chopped
- 1 cup (240ml) of good quality apple cider
- 2/3 cup (180ml) of good quality chicken stock
- 4 small eating apples
- 3 1/2 TBS butter, softened, divided
- 2 tsp sugar
- freshly grated nutmeg
- 2 1/2 TBS plain all-purpose flour
- 2 TBS heavy cream
- 1 TBS chopped fresh flat leaf parsley
- fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
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You will want to use the best chicken that you can afford to buy. I often stock up on air chilled organic chickens when they are on offer. I will buy several and freeze them. I like the "free from" chickens which have not been fed antibiotics.
Having said that however, just buy the best that you can afford to purchase.
By eating apples, I mean an apple that is one which you enjoy eating out of hand. Not a cooking apple. I like Pink Ladies myself, but a golden or red delicious apple also works very well. You really just want a sweet eating apple that you would really enjoy eating on its own.
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By apple cider you can use either hard cider or apple cider that has not turned. A sparkling apple juice, or a cloudy apple juice. All work well.
I don't drink alcohol so never have it in the house really, so I just use a good cloudy refrigerated stye of apple juice, or fresh apple juice as it is also called. Don't worry it won't make the dish too sweet and actually works very well with all of the remaining ingredients to make a really delicious gravy!
The recipe calls for bacon lardons which is just cubed thick slice streaky bacon. If you cannot get that, just use regular streaky bacon, thick cut, if possible, chopped.
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It may sound complicated, but it's really a very simple dish. If anyone knows me, they know I don't do complicated if I can possibly help it.
Preheat the oven to 350*F/180*C/ gas mark 4. Place the oil into a small flameproof casserole or roaster (with a lid) which is large enough to fit the chicken snugly.
Pat your chicken dry and season inside and out with some salt and pepper.
Heat the oil in the casserole and then brown the chicken in the heated oil on all sides. Once it is browned all over, remove to a plate and set aside.
Add the bacon to the casserole and cook, stirring frequently, over medium heat until golden brown. Toss in the onions. Cook and stir for a few minutes longer until they begin to soften. Add the garlic and rosemary and cook, stirring, for several minutes longer. Add the cider.
Cook over high heat at a vigorous boil until the liquid has reduced by two thirds. Place the chicken back into the casserole. Pour in the stock. Cover with a layer of aluminum foil and then place the lid snugly on top. Roast in the preheated oven for 1 hour. (The juices should run clear.)
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While the chicken is cooking, peel, core and quarter the apples.
Melt half of the butter in a skillet. Add the apples and fry them for a few minutes until they start to brown. Turn the slices over and sprinkle with the sugar and nutmeg. Continue to cook for several minutes longer until they are nicely golden and tender. Remove from the heat and set aside. Keep warm
When the chicken is cooked through and tender, lift it out onto a large platter. Cover tightly with foil and leave to rest for about 10 minutes.
Put the flameproof casserole over medium heat and simmer until the cooking juices are reduced and full of lovely flavors.
Rub the remaining butter and the flour together. Drop this into the reduced chicken juices, whisking constantly, simmering until the mixture starts to bubble and thicken. Whisk in the heavy cream. Taste and adjust seasoning as necessary with additional salt and black pepper. Stir in the parsley and the apple.
Carve the chicken and serve on heated plates with some of that delicious sauce spooned over top.
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Just look at that gorgeous sauce and tender chicken . . . with its chunks of sweet apple, bits of bacon. This is a creamy and unctuously wonderful combination that is incredibly pleasing.
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Pot roasting chicken not your thing? Perhaps you would enjoy these other roast chicken dishes:
BUNDT PAN ROAST CHICKEN - A whole chicken is roasted upturned on the stem of a Bundt pan, over some vegetables. The chicken bastes itself while it is roasting along with the vegetables, The end result being tender juicy chicken along with some incredibly delicious sticky roasted vegetables.
GRANDMOTHER'S ROAST CHICKEN & GRAVY - This roast chicken recipe is really a good one. It differs only slightly from my usual one. I do normally use lemon and thyme for my roast chickens, and plenty of butter, but I have also used garlic in the past. This recipe uses chopped lemon thyme. If you can't get that, then add a bit of finely grated lemon zest to the chopped thyme. A whole lemon is quartered and put into the cavity which helps to create even more flavor and moistness. Crisp skin. Tender meat. Delicious gravy, just what you would expect from Grandma!
Yield: 4
Pot Roasted Chicken
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 1 H & 15 MTotal time: 1 H & 30 M
Ingredients
- 1 TBS sunflower oil
- 1 medium sized roasting chicken (about 4 pounds in weight)
- 6 ounces (175g) bacon lardons or chopped thick sliced bacon
- 1 large onion, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 8 small cloves of garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 fresh sprigs of rosemary, leaves stripped and roughly chopped
- 1 cup (240ml) of good quality apple cider
- 2/3 cup (180ml) of good quality chicken stock
- 4 small eating apples
- 3 1/2 TBS butter, softened, divided
- 2 tsp sugar
- freshly grated nutmeg
- 2 1/2 TBS plain all-purpose flour
- 2 TBS heavy cream
- 1 TBS chopped fresh flat leaf parsley
- fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350*F/180*C/ gas mark 4. Place the oil into a small flameproof casserole or roaster (with a lid) which is large enough to fit the chicken snugly.
- Pat your chicken dry and season inside and out with some salt and pepper.
- Heat the oil in the casserole and then brown the chicken in the heated oil on all sides. Once it is browned all over, remove to a plate and set aside.
- Add the bacon to the casserole and cook, stirring frequently, over medium heat until golden brown. Toss in the onions. Cook and stir for a few minutes longer until they begin to soften. Add the garlic and rosemary and cook, stirring, for several minutes longer. Add the cider.
- Cook over high heat at a vigorous boil until the liquid has reduced by two thirds. Place the chicken back into the casserole. Pour in the stock. Cover with a layer of aluminum foil and then place the lid snugly on top. Roast in the preheated oven for 1 hour.
- While the chicken is cooking, peel, core and quarter the apples.
- Melt half of the butter in a skillet. Add the apples and fry them for a few minutes until they start to brown. Turn the slices over and sprinkle with the sugar and nutmeg. Continue to cook for several minutes longer until they are nicely golden and tender. Remove from the heat and set aside. Keep warm
- When the chicken is cooked through and tender, lift it out onto a large platter. Cover tightly with foil and leave to rest for about 10 minutes.
- Put the flameproof casserole over medium heat and simmer until the cooking juices are reduced and full of lovely flavors.
- Rub the remaining butter and the flour together. Drop this into the reduced chicken juices, whisking constantly, simmering until the mixture starts to bubble and thicken. Whisk in the heavy cream. Taste and adjust seasoning as necessary with additional salt and black pepper. Stir in the parsley and the apple.
- Carve the chicken and serve on heated plates with some of that delicious sauce spooned over top.
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