Cooking Easy Recipes

I Relish the Thought of My Spicy Pork

Servings:
2 servings
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  • 1 ts Cumin seeds
  • 1 ts Coriander seeds
  • 2 Cloves
  • 1 tb Finely chopped fresh
  • -coriander
  • 1 ts Finely chopped orange zest
  • 1 ts Finely chopped lemon zest;
  • -plus
  • 1/2 Lemon; juice of
  • 1 Garlic clove; finely chopped
  • 1 pn Ground turmeric; garam
  • -masala and
  • ; ground ginger
  • Pork fillet; about 280 g,
  • -excess
  • ; fat trimmed
  • 5 tb Olive oil
  • 1 Sweet potato; peeled and
  • -chopped
  • 1/2 Red onion; roughly chopped
  • 1 Vanilla pod; split
  • 4 Apricots; stoned and
  • ; quartered
  • 1 ts Soft brown sugar
  • 2 ts Black treacle
  • 1 tb Balsamic vinegar; red wine
  • -vinegar
  • ; and red wine
  • 1 Yellow pepper; seeded, cut
  • -into
  • ; thin strips
  • 225 g Runner beans; top and tailed
  • -and
  • ; cut into thin, 5cm
  • ; long strips
  • 15 g Butter
  • 1 tb Double cream
  • 1 tb Wholegrain mustard
  • 1 tb Chopped fresh chervil
  • Salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 220c/425f/Gas 7.

1 Heat a small frying pan, add the cumin, coriander seeds and cloves and
'dry fry' for a few minutes.

2 Crush the spices in a pestle and mortar and crush and tip onto a plate.
Add the chopped coriander, orange and lemon zest, garlic, ground turmeric,
garam masala, ginger and salt and mix together. Roll the pork fillet in the
spices to coat all over.

3 Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large ovenproof frying pan. Add the pork and
cook for 2-3 minutes on each side to brown and give a crust. Put the pan in
the oven and cook for 10-15 minutes, or until the pork is cooked through.

4 Cook the sweet potato in a pan of boiling salted water until tender. Heat
1 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan. Add the red onion and cook gently for a
few minutes to soften.

5 Add the vanilla pod, apricots, soft brown sugar, black treacle, balsamic
and red wine vinegars and red wine.

6 Bring to the boil, cover with a lid and reduce the heat so the chutney
simmers. Cook for about 5-8 minutes, or until the onions and apricots are
tender and the liquid has reduced.

7 Blanch the pepper and beans in a pan of boiling water for 1-2 minutes,
then drain.

8 Place the vegetables in a bowl, drizzle over 3 tbsp olive oil and lemon
juice, toss and season with pepper.

9 Drain the cooked potato and roughly mash with a fork. Add the butter,
cream, mustard and chervil, mix together and season.

10 Spoon the mash onto a plate and place spoonfuls of chutney around the
edge. Arrange the salad on top, slice the pork and pile onto the salad.

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Per serving: 516 Calories (kcal); 42g Total Fat; (69% calories from fat);
4g Protein; 38g Carbohydrate; 16mg Cholesterol; 91mg Sodium Food Exchanges:
1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 1/2 Fruit; 8 1/2 Fat; 0
Other Carbohydrates

Recipe by: Ready Steady Cook

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