Roast Pork Fillet with Rosy Rhubarb
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Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 20-25 mins
Forget pork and apple – pork and rhubarb will be your new favourite combo once you've had a taste of this. A zesty roast rhubarb sauce flavoured with orange and honey is the perfect match for organic roast pork fillet.
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490 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 300g pork tenderloin fillet
  • A thumb of ginger
  • 2 tsp coriander seeds
  • 75g brown basmati rice
  • 1 orange
  • 2 sticks of rhubarb
  • 40g honey
  • 50g watercress
  • A handful of coriander
From your kitchen
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • ½ tbsp + 1 tsp olive oil
  • 150ml boiling water
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Heat your oven to 220°C/Fan 200°C/Gas 7. Put the pork fillet in a roasting tin and season with salt and pepper. Peel and finely grate the ginger. Crush 2 tsp coriander seeds in a mortar and pestle, with a spice grinder or use a bowl and the bottom of a jar.

  • 2.

    Mix the spices together with ½ tbsp olive oil and rub over the fillet. Roast for 15 mins.

  • 3.

    Tip the rice into a small pan. Pour in 150ml boiling water. Cover. Bring to the boil. Turn the heat right down. Simmer for 20-25 mins till all the water is absorbed. Take off the heat. Set aside, lid on, for 2-4 mins to finish cooking the rice.

  • 4.

    While the pork and rice cook, zest the orange, then chop half of it into wedges. Chop the rhubarb into 3 cm chunks and toss in a bowl with the honey and orange zest. Add the honeyed rhubarb to the pork roasting tin.

  • 5.

    Turn the oven down to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Slide the roasting tin back into the oven. Cook for 10-15 mins more till the rhubarb is tender and the pork is just cooked – you want it a little pink and juicy in the middle.

  • 6.

    Tip the watercress into a bowl and dress with a pinch of salt and pepper, a squeeze of juice from the remaining orange half and 1 tsp olive oil.

  • 7.

    Roughly chop the coriander. Slice the pork and serve it with the rhubarb, rice and watercress. Scatter over the chopped coriander and serve with the orange wedges for squeezing.

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