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Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 50 mins
Ingredients
4 pork chops
25ml lemon juice
25ml olive oil
1 red onion, finely diced
200ml red wine
75ml jack daniels
25ml red wine vinegar
25ml light soy sauce
2 cloves of garlic, minced
100ml maple syrup
1 heaped tbsp tomato puree
1 heaped tsp english mustard powder
1 heaped tsp ground ginger
1 1/2 tsp tabasco sauce

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 190 degrees (fan assisted).
2. Place the pork chops in a metal roasting tin and surround them with the finely diced onion.
3. Mix the oil and lemon juice together and brush over the pork chops (no need to turn them to brush the undersides), making sure you get oil on the skin to help it crisp. Use all the mixture by generously brushing until it's all gone.
4. Put the pork chops in the oven for 25 minutes.
5. Whilst the chops are cooking, mix all the remaining ingredients together except for 25ml of the Jack Daniels and 50ml of the red wine which you need to reserve for later.
6. When the pork chops have had 25 minutes, remove from the oven, drain off the fat from the roasting tin, pour over the sauce prepared in (5) and return to the oven for a further 25 minutes, removing twice during that time to baste with the sauce.
7. When the cooking time is complete, set aside the pork chops to rest in a warm place and put the roasting tin over direct heat.
8. Add the remaining reserved jack daniels and red wine to the pan and stir until the alcohol has evaporated off and the sauce has thickened.
9. Serve the pork chops with the sauce drizzled over.
   

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Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hour

Ingredients
900g cooked beetroot, cubed into 5-10mm cubes
375g onions peeled and chopped
350g cooking apple peeled, cubed into 5-10mm cubes
120g demarara sugar
1 level teaspoon dried ginger
120ml malt vinegar
40ml white wine vinegar
80ml red wine vinegar
2tsp salt
2 large cloves of garlic, finely chopped
juice of one lemon
2 dried red birds-eye chilli's, de-seeded and finley chopped

Method

1. Put all the ingredients into a wide-bottomed saucepan and bring to the boil
2. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes
3. Decant into sterilised jars
   

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Serves: 2
Prep Time: 10 mins

Ingredients
1/4 fresh pineapple, chopped into small chunks
4 spring onions, chopped finely
1 red chilli, seeded and chopped finely
20 cherry tomatos, chopped finely
1 tsp white balsamic vinegar
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp light soy sauce

Method
1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl, mix well and leave to stand for half an hour.

Notes
Leave the seeds in the chilli if you want more of a kick to the salsa.

The salsa goes really well on a butterflied chicken breast that's been coated with cajun seasoning and grilled. Serve with stir-fried noodles, brocolli and peppers.

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Serves: 2
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 to 30 minutes

Ingredients
1 full-size tin of chopped tomatos
1/2 red onion coarsely chopped
1 clove of garlic, pureed / chopped finely
2 bids-eye chillis, chopped (or less depending on taste)
4 or 5 leaves of fresh basil, shredded
1 tsp Olive Oil
1 heaped tsp of tomato puree

Method
1. Sweat the onion in a saucepan with the olive oil till its soft
2. Add the tomatos, chopped chillis, basil and garlic and tomato puree to the pan and cook on a low heat till its reduced down to a thickish sauce

Other Ideas
Instead of sweating off the onion in olive oil, roast the onion in large chunks along with chunks of a red pepper, in olive oil, then skip straight to step 2 and add the red pepper and onion at the same time

This is nice spooned over pork chops before you cook it in the oven. It's probably quite nice with cheese and biscuits too, but I haven't yet tried that!

Ingredients
2 large onions
4 teaspoons crushed dried chillis
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 pint of water
1/8 pint of malt vinegar
50g butter

Method
1. Chop the onions up, one into half rings, the other into quarter rings.
2. Place them in a saucepan with everything else bar the vinegar and cover.
3. Simmer on a low heat for 30mins, add the malt vinegar, simmer for 10mins and use.

Simple, tasty, and a damn sight cheaper than the product it's based on!