Catalan-style apple and pork dish

Catalan-style apple and pork dish

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A rustic Catalan dish: slow-cooked apples with bacon, onion, and bay leaf in a flour-thickened broth, topped with fresh parsley.

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This simple Catalan dish involves simmering apples with bacon, onions, and bay leaves. The broth, slightly thickened with flour, is best enjoyed warm.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Total55 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodnibbling
  • Estimated cost$8.45 $2.11 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.80
  • $0.15
  • $1.06
  • $1.23
  • $0.04
  • $4.17

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. In a pan over the heat, pour in the oil paint, add the diced bacon, and the chopped, peeled onion. ≈ 3 min
  2. Once the onions are golden, add the peeled and chopped apples, flour, and bay leaf. ≈ 3 min
  3. Please return all the ingredients, then pour in the water or hot broth and season with salt.
  4. Cook over medium heat until the apples are tender.
  5. Serve very hot in a shallow dish, and garnish with freshly chopped parsley. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Catalan-style apple and pork dish

  • 1 kg of ground apples$1.80
  • 1 medium onion$0.15
  • Fresh parsley$1.06
  • 100 g of bacon$1.23
  • salt$0.04
  • 1.5 liters of water, or preferably, broth$4.17

Total$8.45

that's $2.11 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of ground apples
  • 1 medium onion
  • Fresh parsley
  • One large tube of oil paint (approximately 200 ml)
  • 100 g of bacon
  • 1 large tablespoon of all-purpose flour
  • One bay leaf
  • salt
  • 1.5 liters of water, or preferably, broth

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