Sticky thyme & mustard bacon chops

I made this the other night, I used 50:50 marmalade with honey, chicken stock can be salty, and bacon chops are salty already, so I used dry cider instead. After adding everything to the pan I then finished it off in the oven for 20 mins till it reduced and caramelised a bit. It was delicious, even…

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I’ve made this twice and it’s delicious. I used apricot jam as that was in the cupboard and I add an extra teaspoon of whole grain mustard and a teaspoon of garlic purée. At the end, I add some cream. Very good response from my team!

Just made this but did some subs, no marmalade so used apricot jam and some white wine and juice from an orange instead of the stock. No whole grain mustard so used Dijon. It was delicious, served with new poratoes, broccoli and peas.

Worked nicely, but I only used half an onion and 200ml of stock. Reduced it until it was quite thick and then returned the bacon chops to the pan.

I wanted an interesting way to cook gammon, so tried this. I personally found the slight bitterness of the Seville marmalade a bit odd with the mustard, but this was balanced by the sweet potato and carrot mash I served it with. I would probably go for a sweeter alternative next time, but tasty…

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