Braised Pork Cheeks with Apple - Pinch Of Nom

Ingredients

• 12 pork cheeks
• 1 onion (finely diced)
• 6 shallots (peeled and cut in half)
• 100 g green apple (peeled and diced )
• 2 carrots (peeled and thinly sliced)
• 1 red pepper (deseeded and finely chopped)
• 2 cloves garlic (crushed)
• 150 ml red wine vinegar
• 4-5 potatoes (cut into bite size pieces)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tbsp Sweet Freedom Natural Dark Sweetener
• 1 tsp fresh thyme
• 1 tsp fresh parsley (chopped)
• low calorie cooking spray
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 600 ml beef stock (made up with 2 stock cubes)
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper