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Rapid Roast Pork

Serves: 2

Notes

Roasting, it's one of the oldest methods of cooking meat and was done on open fires long before ovens were invented. One of the challenges today is to roast the meat cuts which are now leaner than they used to be. We don't want the meat to dry out. One of the quickest and easiest roast meat dishes is fillet of pork, which cooks in about 20 minutes, and which I accompany with an apple chutney-style sauce, which cooks in about the same time.

Ingredients

• 1 pork fillet (about 250g)
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 Tbsp reduced salt soya sauce
• 1 large apple, sliced
• 3 crush juniper berries
• Sprig fresh thyme
• 2 tsp honey
• 2 rashers lean bacon

Method

Smear the fillet with soya sauce and sesame oil. Sear in a very hot pan, preferably non-stick, for 30 seconds each side. Lightly oila baking tray, arrange apple slices in single row to form a bed for the fillet. Add juniper berries and thyme. Baste fillet with pan juice and honey, and place on apples. Cover with bacon rashers. Cook in 200C oven for 15 minutes. Remove and allow to stand in warm place for 5 minutes to settle.

Serve pork cut into medallions, with apple from under the fillet and the chutney-like sauce (if using).

Note: This dish is also delicious served cold.

Leftover potential: Best eaten same day, but may be eaten cold the following day.