Pork and Cider Casserole with Roast New Potatoes (14pp - WW Friendly Recipe)

This serves as a nice Sunday Dinner and benefits from a couple of hours in the oven. If you had extra points available to you (perhaps you have saved some weeklies or are on a higher amount of dailies, I would perhaps add a couple of yorkshire puddings for some extra points and to soak up all the lovely sauce).

It comes out at 13pp per serving, however, I did find it very sweet. If I made it again, I would probably use 250ml cider and 250ml ham or chicken stock to balance it out a little. This would reduce it by at least 1pp too.

Ingredients (Serves 2)

210g Pork Loin Steaks
1 tablespoon flour
400g New Potatoes
500ml Dry Cider
1 large leek, sliced
1 onion, diced
2 sticks of celery, sliced
2 carrots, peeled and sliced
calorie controlled cooking spray
2 teaspoons wholegrain mustard
Half teaspoon of dried thyme (fresh would be better, but I don't have it!)
Salt and Pepper

Pre Heat the oven to 180ºC

Weight Watchers notes - the points per serving come from the pork (5pp), potatoes (4pp), flour (1pp) and Cider (3pp).

Method

1. Spray a Heavy Bottomed Pan (preferably one you can transfer to the oven) with calorie controlled cooking spray and heat to a medium heat.

2. Remove all visible fat from the pork so that it is extra lean and cut into chunks. Coat the meat in the flour and add to the pan to seal. Once sealed, remove from the pan and set aside.

3. Next, soften the onion, leek, celery and carrot in the pan.

4. Place the pork on top of the vegetables and pour over the cider (and stock if using).

5. Add the mustard, thyme and black pepper and mix through thoroughly.

6. Transfer the Casserole Dish to the pre-heated oven and cook for 2 hours.

7. The potatoes need to go into the oven after the first hour of cooking has elapsed. To prepare the potatoes, cut them into cubes (around 2cm or so across). Spray a deep sided baking tray with calorie controlled cooking spray and add the potato cubes. Sprinkle with salt, black pepper and thyme and add to the oven.

7. Keep an eye on the potatoes, they make take only around 40 mins - they may need a little longer. Remove from the oven when they're starting to brown and are cooked through before serving with the casserole after cooking.