HETE BLUKSEM “HOT LIGHTNING” (new potatoes with apples, pears and bacon)

This is a delicious vegetable dish on a cold winter evening. And who can resist such a name? We served it with The Danish Pork.

INGREDIENTS Serves 4

1kg small new potatoes, scrubbed but unpeeled
250g  granny smith apples
250g firm pears
50g butter
400g streaky bacon in one piece, cut into 2cm chunks
Sea salt flakes and black pepper
Light brown soft sugar
Leaves from 2 thyme sprigs

METHOD.
Halve the potatoes, or cut them into roughly 3cm chunks. Core and quarter the apples and pears, and cut lengthways into slices about 5mm at their thickest part.

Melt the butter in a heavy-based casserole, and saute the bacon and potatoes until golden all over. Add the fruit and turn it over in the buttery juices. Season and add sugar to taste and the thyme

Pre heat the oven to 180⁰C

Cover and cook in the oven heated for 30 or 35 minutes, or until everything is tender.

Shake the pan every so often to prevent everything from sticking, and add a splash of water to the mixture if it is becoming too dry.

Check the seasoning and serve.

Original Recipe Dianne Henry in the Guardian