Pork Chop !

I sometimes think that the recipes I put on my blog are well a little simple and perhaps not daring and different enough. The truth is that I love so called simple things cooked well. When at home if its a simple stew for tea its has to be a great stew for tea where I am using the best quality ingredients I can afford.
These Pork chops were something I purchased from a good butchers near me. As pork chops go they were about £2.50 each. It might sound expensive but the quality and flavour of these meaty porkie feasts was well worth it. More often than not whenever Ive brought any kind of chops on special offer from the supermarkets I have been taken in by their wonderful offers like 3 packs for £10 rather than thinking at these prices these chops are not really going to be  very tender or flavoursome ! They are usually quite tough too and you spend most of the night picking the strands from in-between the gaps in your teeth !
Being a professional cook gets to mean that using different ingredients everyday is a daily treat so sometimes at home (when not eating sandwiches ! ha ha!) its nice to have something simple.
Tonight it was these Pork Chops with Cauliflower and Broccoli cheese bake with a few sauteed new potatoes thrown in for good measure.

I griddled the chops first then placed them on a tray, covered them with foil and cooked in the oven for about 12 minutes.

Its simple but how warming and moreish is a portion of cauliflower and broccoli cheese bake on a cold winters day ?

I really fancied Cauliflower and Broccoli cheese bake and I thought it might make a nice accompaniment to the chop. I usually would have bacon with cauliflower cheese so why wouldn't these go together !
First steam your Cauliflower and broccoli. Do not over cook. I hate mushy broccoli !
Now make your cheese sauce.
Melt 50 grams of butter in a pan. Add 50 grams of flour and combine to a paste. Cook the paste for about 5 minutes to help take the flour taste out of your forthcoming sauce. Warm 600mls of milk in the microwave. Turn the heat up on the pan then pour in the warmed milk. Whisk constantly until the sauce is  formed. When the mix starts to bubble then generally it will not thickened anymore. If its too thick just add some more milk until you have reached the desired consistency. Turn down the heat and cook for about 5 minutes. Add 1 TBSP of English mustard and then starting adding your cheese. Unfortunately you tend to need a lot of grated cheese into the sauce for the flavour of the cheese to come through. Try using the strongest mature cheddar you can find. Season then cook for a further 5 minutes.
Pour a layer of the sauce on the bottom of your deep roasting tin then scatter the Broccoli and Cauliflower into the tray and then add the rest of the sauce to the dish. Sprinkle some cheese on top of mix and the place in a hot oven for about 15 minutes on 200 degrees C. It should be golden and should be joyously bubbling away ! mmmmmmmh !

Not much left ! but enough for tomorrow night !