Pork in Curry Sauce

Pork in Curry Sauce © kvalifood.com

Pork in curry sauce is one of those homely Danish curry dishes that bears no resemblance to anything from Southeast Asia — and that is intentional. It is a simple stew with pork, apple, and onion in a mild curry sauce, simmered until tender and served with rice. An apple cooked down into the sauce adds natural sweetness and body. Serve with mango chutney and onion rings drizzled with lemon juice.

Ingredients

Yields 4 servings

  • 500 g lean pork (shoulder, neck, or shank), cut into cubes
  • 20-30 g butter (or oil)
  • 2 medium onions, chopped
  • 1-2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 apple, roughly chopped
  • 1-2 tbsp curry powder
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 400 ml stock
  • salt
  • pepper

To serve

  • loose-cooked rice
  • mango chutney
  • onion, sliced into rings, drizzled with lemon juice

Directions

Browning

Melt the butter in a pan over high heat. Brown the pork cubes in batches until golden on all sides. Remove and set aside.

Curry and onions

Reduce the heat. Add a little more butter and sauté the onion and garlic until soft and translucent. Add the apple and curry powder and stir for 1-2 minutes — the curry powder needs to heat in the fat to activate its aroma.

Stew

Sprinkle the flour over and stir until absorbed. Return the pork to the pan and pour in the stock. Stir well. Bring to a boil and put the lid on. Let the stew simmer over low heat until the pork is tender, 30 minutes to 1½ hours depending on the cut. The apple will cook down and thicken the sauce naturally.

Serving

Season with salt and pepper and serve with rice, mango chutney, and onion rings drizzled with lemon juice.

Notes

  • The curry must bloom in the fat with the onions before the stock is added — otherwise the flavor stays flat
  • The apple is traditional and important: it cooks almost completely away and gives natural sweetness and thickness
  • The amount of curry is a matter of taste — start with 1 tbsp and add more at the table
  • Classic accompaniments: raisins, toasted almonds, desiccated coconut, pineapple
  • Freezing: 3 months