Apple and Thyme Sauce

Name: Apple and Thyme Sauce
Ingredients: A good sprig of fresh thyme, tiny leaves stripped from the stalks, or 2 pinches of dried thyme (thyme, along with rosemary, dries passably well); A good sprig of fresh thyme, tiny leaves stripped from the stalks, or 2 pinches of dried thyme (thyme, along with rosemary, dries passably well); 1 tsp sugar or honey; 1 tsp sugar or honey; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 oz/56 g butter; 4 cooking apples, peeled, quartered, cored and chopped; 1 onion, skinned and very finely chopped; A good sprig of fresh thyme, tiny leaves stripped from the stalks, or 2 pinches of dried thyme (thyme, along with rosemary, dries passably well); A good sprig of fresh thyme, tiny leaves stripped from the stalks, or 2 pinches of dried thyme (thyme, along with rosemary, dries passably well)

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook

By Claire Macdonald

Published 1997

About

This sauce is delicious served with roast pork, or with grilled pork chops.

Ingredients

2 oz/56 g butter
1 onion, skinned and very finely chopped

Sauce
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Summer

Method

Melt the butter and cook the onion over a moderate heat for several minutes till it is really soft. Then add the chopped apples and cook until they fall into mush, which cooking apples do. Add the thyme and sugar or honey. Taste, and season with salt and pepper if you like. Strange as it may sound, the sautéed onion adds a certain amount of sweetness to this otherwise tart sauce.