Sweet Potatoes' Drunken Pork Chop

Ingredients

4 slices bacon

4 pork loin chops (1 inch thick), fat trimmed

1 tablespoon lemon juice

3 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and shredded

3 medium apples, peeled cored and shredded

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon black pepper

1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon dried chervil

1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsely

Directions

Cook bacon in 12-inch skillet over medium high heat until crisp. Drain all but 1 tablespoon fat. Crumble bacon and set aside.  Rub pork chops with lemon juice; brown in bacon fat. Remove from pan and set aside.

Rub pork chops with lemon juice; brown in bacon fat. Remove from pan and set aside. Drain all but 1 tablespoon of fat. Add sweet potatoes, apples and onion to pan. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add salt, pepper, nutmeg, and chervil; mix well.

Place vegetable mixture in greased 9x9x2 inch pan. Arrange pork chops on top of mixture; sprinkle with chopped parsely and bacon.  Cover tightly and bake at 350 F for 50-60 minutes or until pork chops are tender. Serve immediately.