Roast pork with baked apples

1 onion, half finely chopped, half thickly sliced

40g unsalted butter

60g fresh white breadcrumbs

Small handful fresh chopped flat leaf parsley

6 sage leaves, finely chopped

1 tbsp fresh lemon thyme leaves

1.5kg boned leg of pork

For the apples

2 apples

Juice of ½ lemon

1 red onion, cut into wedges

1 tsp vegetable oil

25g unsalted butter, melted

1 tbsp light brown muscovado sugar

1 sprig lemon thyme

Few sage leaves

For the gravy

1 tbsp plain flour

200 ml dry cider

300 ml chicken stock