Pork Chops with Tomato and Grainy Mustard Sauce

Name: Pork Chops with Tomato and Grainy Mustard Sauce
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 6 pork chops; ¾–1 pint/420–570 ml milk; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 rounded tsp grainy mustard; 2 rounded tsp tomato purée; 1 rounded tbsp flour; ½ medium onion, skinned and finely chopped; 2 oz/56 g butter

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook

By Claire Macdonald

Published 1997

About

The sauce for this recipe can be made in the morning ready to serve with the grilled chops for dinner the same evening. I like to serve a green vegetable with the chops – either stir-fried Brussels sprouts or cabbage. A purée of potato mixed with celeriac makes a delicious accompaniment, too.

Ingredients

2 oz/56 g butter
½ medium onion, skinned and finely chopped

Dinner

Method

Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the onion. Sauté for 5–7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onion is soft and transparent. Stir in the flour and cook for a minute or two, then add the tomato purée and grainy mustard. Gradually add the milk, stirring all the time until the sauce boils. Season with salt and pepper. If you are not going to serve the sauce immediately, press a dampened