PAN SEARED MAPLE & ORANGE PORK
with Roasted Sage Potatoes
Serves: 4; Time: 40 mins; 570 Cal
INGREDIENTS
600g baby chat potatoes
4 pork loin steaks
1 navel orange
300g frozen peas
2 medium zucchini
40ml maple syrup
20g corn flower
10g sage
2 chicken stock cubes (or 2 cups of chicken stock)
2½ tbs olive oil
sea salt and pepper
50g butter
2 tsp Dijon mustard
METHOD
Prepare vegetables - Heat the oven to 220C. Halve the potatoes. Pick the sage leaves. Put the potatoes and sage leaves in a baking dish, season with salt and pepper, drizzle with 2tbs olive oil and toss to combine. Trim and halve the zucchini lengthwise, then cut into 1cm slices.
Roast vegetables - Roast the potatoes for 15 mins. Add the zucchini and return to the oven for a further 5-8 mins or until tender.
Prepare sauce - Meanwhile, crumble the stock cubes into a heatproof jug, add 500ml (2 cups) boiling water and stir to dissolve. Juice half the/ the orange. Add the orange juice, cornflour, maple syrup and 2 tsp Dijon mustard to the stock and stir until combined.
Cook pork - Pound the pork between sheets of plastic wrap or baking paper with a rolling pin or meat mallet to 1.5cm thick. Season with salt and pepper. Melt 50g butter and 2 tsp olive oil in a large frypan over medium-high heat. Cook the pork for 3 mins each side or until golden and just cooked through. Remove from the pan and rest for 5 mins.
Cook sauce - Add the stock mixture to the pan and whisk over a medium heat for 3-4 mins until the the sauce is thickened.
Serve - Add the peas to the pan and cook for 3 mins. Divide the pork, potatoes and zucchini among plates. Spoon over the peas and sauce to serve.
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