Ingredients

• 1 medium to large pork fillet
• 200g/7¼oz good quality black pudding
• 1 golden delicious apple
• peeled
• thinly sliced and blanched
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• knob of butter
• a little olive oil

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 200C/400C/Gas 6.
• Cut the pork open with a sharp knife and open the fillet out along its length
• being careful not to cut all the way through the fillet.
• Cut the black pudding into a sausage shape and place along the length of the fillet. Scatter the apple alongside the black pudding. Season well.
• Gently roll up the fillet and tie with string.
• Wrap the fillet in cling film and allow to rest in the fridge for a couple of hours before cooking.
• To cook
• season the fillet and panfry with a little butter and olive oil and place in the oven for fifteen minutes.
• Allow to rest before serving so that the meat soaks up the juices.