| Pork fillet, apple and sweet potato bake | |
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| Servings: | Serves 2 |
| Ready in: | 1 hour 20 minutes |
| Prep. time: | 20 minutes |
| Cook time: | 1 hour |
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This is a small variation on pork sausage and apple pie. The only difference being that we used a small pork fillet and used half [sweet potato]] and half normal potatoes for the mash.
Ingredients
Ingredients
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- Dash of olive oil
- 1 small pork fillet ( 280 g [10 oz])
- 1 leek, halved along its length and cut into slices.
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed.
- 2 large mashing potatoes such as Nadine, Saxon, Wilja, Desiree or King Edward, peeled and quartered
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into slices
- (the total weight of both types of potatoes should be about 450g [1lb]
- 25 g (1 oz) Butter
- 200 ml (.42 pint) dry cider
- 1 tablespoon plain flour
- ½ teaspoon mustard powder or 1 heaped teaspoon of taco-mix
- 1 large cooking apple, peeled, cored and cut into thin rings
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Mise en place
- Preheat the oven to 204° C (400° F - Gas 6)
Method
- Cut the pork fillet into small slices
- Fry the pork fillet slices in a little olive oil for 5 minutes
- Add the leeks and Fry for another 4 minutes
- Add the crushed garlic and stir fry for a minute of so
- Add the mustard or your choice of spices to the flour and sprinkle over the pork and leeks.
- Stir well to distribute the flour evenly
- Deglaze the pan with the cider
- Season with a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, boil the potatoes and sweet potatoes in lightly salted water until they are soft and can be pierced easily with a fork
- Mash the sweet potatoes and the potatoes together in the same bowl and add the butter and salt and pepper to taste
- Pour the pork mixture over the top
- Layer the remaining apple on top of the pork mixture, top with mash potato and decorate with the tines of a fork
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes
Serving suggestion
Serve hot with a green vegetable such as broccoli or peas..
Chef's notes
If the leeks are large and a little 'tired', freshen them by blanching them in boiling water for 3 minutes-this stops them drying out whist they are being sautéd.