CARBONNADE OF PORK WITH MUSHROOMS
CARBONNADE OF PORK WITH MUSHROOMS
CARBONNADE OF PORK WITH MUSHROOMS

Ingredients
  • 900g/2lb pork fillet
  • 1-2 tbsp olive or sunflower oil
  • 110g/4oz onion finely chopped
  • 60ml/2 ½ fl oz dry white wine
  • 150ml/¼ pint chicken stock (preferably homemade)
  • 225g/8oz mushrooms sliced
  • 300ml/½ pint sour cream or light cream
  • fresh lemon juice
  • salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 2 tbsp freshly chopped flatleaf parsley
  • 110g/4oz butter
  • 110g/4oz white flour
  • 6-8 croutons made with white bread pan fried in clarified butter or olive oil
Directions
  • Cut the pork into slices about 7mm/¾ in thick.
  • Pour a little oil into a very hot frying pan
  • sauté the pork pieces
  • until brown on both sides. Remove to a plate a keep warm.
  • Add a little more butter to the pan and cook onions gently until soft and golden.
  • Deglaze the pan with wine and bring to the boil
  • add the stock and boil again to reduce by a quarter.
  • Meanwhile sauté the mushrooms in batches with a little butter and oil and add to the pork.
  • Add the cream to the sauce
  • bring back to the boil and thicken with a little roux.
  • Add the cooked pork and mushrooms to the sauce and all the juices.
  • Add a little lemon juice and simmer gently for a couple of minutes. Dip the tip of the croutons in the sauce then into the chopped parsley
  • add the remainder of the parsley to the sauce.
  • Pour into hot serving dishes and garnish with crisp croutons.