Slow cooked pork chops with apples and dates – The Copper Kettle

Ingredients

• 2 pork chops
• Salt flakes (to taste)
• black pepper (to taste)
• olive oil (extra virgin)
• 15 grams butter
• 1 Granny Smith apple
• 4 echallion shallots
• 1 clove garlic
• 2 sprigs thyme
• 1 cup dates (de-stoned)
• 15 ml cider vinegar
• 150 ml cider
• 1 tsp paprika (ground)
• 1 tsp cumin seeds