ROASTED PORK FILLET WITH CHORIZO AND PEPPER SAUCE
Ingredients
- 400g/14oz pork fillet
- fully trimmed
- 1 tbsp pimenton (or smoked paprika)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- finely chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh rosemary
- finely chopped
- 200g/7oz semi-cured chorizo
- peeled and finely chopped
- 1 tbsp pimenton (or smoked paprika)
- 150g/5½oz white Spanish beans
- 150g/5½oz woodfire roasted red peppers
- chopped
- 150ml/5fl oz double cream
- 2 tbsp parsley oil
- 200ml/7fl oz veal jus or reduced beef or veal stock
- warmed
- 2 tbsp parsley cress
Directions
- For the pork
- preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
- Season the pork fillet with the pimenton
- salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Heat an ovenproof frying pan until hot
- add the oil
- then the pork fillet and sear until golden-brown on all sides (about 30-45 seconds on each side). Transfer the pan to the oven and roast for 6-8 minutes. Remove from the oven and rest for 5 minutes in the pan before serving.
- For the sauce
- heat the oil in a pan
- add the garlic
- rosemary and chorizo. Cook until the chorizo is crisp and has released its oil. Add the pimenton
- beans and peppers and cook for a 2-3 minutes. Add the cream and cook until the volume of the sauce has reduced by half.
- To serve
- place the sauce in the centre of serving bowls. Slice the fillet and place on top. Garnish with the herb oil
- parsley cress and warm jus.

