Ingredients
- 370 g new potatoes
- 500g vine ripened tomatoes
- 1 garlic clove. chopped
- 2-3 sprigs of rosemary
- 2 pork chops
- oil oil
Accompaniment
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Method
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1
Heat the oven to gas mark 6.
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Wash the potatoes but don't peel them. Cut into thickish slices and cook in boiling water for 6-8 minutes until almost tender, drain. Slice the tomatoes to the same thickness. Chop the garlic, strip the rosemary from it's stalks and chop the leaves fairly finely.
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Drizzle a little olive oil line the base of a shallow oven-proof dish (must be wide enough to take the chops in one layer). Arrange rows of potatoes and tomatoes across the dish, seasoning as you go and sprinkling with half the rosemary and all of the garlic.
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Drizzle more olive oil over the top of the vegetables and bake for 15 minutes.
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5
Take dish out the oven, set the pork on top, season and sprinkle with the remaining rosemary. Return to the oven for 35-45 minutes, until the pork and potatoes are tender.
You could serve with a green salad
This is a lovely recipe: a real winter warmer. More please!