Pork shashlik with apples

4 servings

40 minutes

The recipe is taken from the magazine "Culinary Workshop".

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 807.3
• Proteins: 57.6g
• Fats: 40.2g
• Carbohydrates: 57.6g

Ingredients

• Pork: 1 kg
• Apple: 5 pc
• Apple juice: 150 ml
• Lemon: 0.5 pc
• Mustard: 5 tbsp
• Bay leaf: 4 pc
• Black allspice: 6 pc
• Red peppercorns: 3 pc
• Salt: to taste
• Tomato sauce: 400 g
• Tomato paste: 3 tbsp
• Onion: 1 head
• Garlic: 3 clove
• Worcestershire sauce: 1 tbsp
• Apple cider vinegar: 3 tbsp
• Olive oil: 2 tbsp
• Sugar: 1 tbsp
• Mustard powder: 1 tsp
• Cayenne pepper: 1 pc
• Ground black pepper: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Grate the lemon zest with a fine grater and squeeze the juice.

   Required ingredients:

   • Lemon: 0.5 piece

2. In a bowl, mix apple juice, lemon juice with zest, salt, and mustard.

   Required ingredients:

   • Apple juice: 150 ml
   • Lemon: 0.5 piece
   • Salt:  to taste
   • Mustard: 5 tablespoon

3. Crush bay leaves, allspice, and red pepper in a mortar, add to the marinade. Mix well.

   Required ingredients:

   • Bay leaf: 4 pieces
   • Black allspice: 6 pieces
   • Red peppercorns: 3 pieces

4. Dry the meat with paper towels and cut it into equal pieces.

5. Place the meat in a bowl with marinade and mix thoroughly by hand to coat each piece. Cover and leave in a cool place for 2-4 hours.

   Required ingredients:

   • Pork: 1 kg

6. Light the coals.

7. Cut the apples into quarters, remove the core, and slice the flesh.

   Required ingredients:

   • Apple: 5 piece

8. Shake off the pieces of meat from the marinade and thread them onto skewers, alternating with slices of apple (carefully, so the apples don't break).

   Required ingredients:

   • Pork: 1 kg
   • Apple: 5 piece

9. Cook on coals, occasionally brushing the kebab with marinade, for about 20 minutes.

10. Prepare the sauce. Finely chop the onion and garlic separately.

    Required ingredients:

    • Onion: 1 head
    • Garlic: 3 cloves

11. Heat olive oil in a pan, add onion, and sauté until soft (5 minutes). Then add garlic and cook for another 2 minutes.

    Required ingredients:

    • Olive oil: 2 tablespoons

12. Add tomato sauce to the onion and garlic, bring to a boil.

    Required ingredients:

    • Tomato sauce: 400 g

13. Pour about 100 ml of boiling water over sugar and mustard powder, stir until fully dissolved. Add tomato paste and vinegar, stir again, and pour the mixture into the pan.

    Required ingredients:

    • Sugar: 1 tablespoon
    • Mustard powder: 1 teaspoon
    • Tomato paste: 3 tablespoons
    • Apple cider vinegar: 3 tablespoons

14. Season with Worcestershire sauce, salt, black and cayenne pepper.

    Required ingredients:

    • Worcestershire sauce: 1 tablespoon
    • Salt:  to taste
    • Ground black pepper:  to taste
    • Cayenne pepper: 1 piece

15. Cook the sauce over low heat, stirring, for 10 minutes.

16. Remove the sauce from heat and let it cool completely before serving (1 hour). Serve the shashlik with the sauce.