Pork Scotch Fillet with Roasted Pear and Bulgur Salad

Pork Scotch Fillet with Roasted Pear and Bulgur Salad

Ready in 25 minutes Serves 1
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (5 Meals For 1) on Sunday, May 21, 2017.

Pear adds a delicious sweetness to this dish.


Ingredients

ROASTED PEAR AND BULGUR SALAD

  • ¼ cup bulgur wheat
  • ½ sweet Palermo capsicum
  • ½ pear
  • ½ bunch broccolini, woody ends trimmed
  • 1 teaspoon butter
  • ¼ cup white wine or chicken stock
  • 1-2 handfuls baby spinach leaves
  • 1½ tablespoons chopped parsley leaves

DRESSING

  • ½ teaspoon wholegrain mustard
  • ½ teaspoon runny honey
  • ½ tablespoon vinegar (e.g. red wine, white wine, cider)
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil

PORK SCOTCH

  • 150g pork scotch fillet (at room temperature)
  • 1 teaspoon pork spice mix

TO SERVE

  • 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts
  • 20g blue cheese

Steps

  1. a half full kettle to the boil.
  2. Place bulgur in a small, heatproof bowl with a pinch of salt and cover with boiling water. Leave for 15-18 minutes, until grains are tender then drain well.
  3. While bulgur is soaking, prepare the rest the of meal. Thinly slice capsicum; cut pear into 1cmthick segments and remove core (discard core); very finely chop broccolini florets and stalks. Set aside. In a small bowl, combine all dressing ingredients and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  4. Heat a drizzle of oil in a small fry-pan on medium heat. Pat pork dry with paper towels and season with pork spice mix. Cook pork for 2-3 minutes each side for medium (depending on thickness), or until cooked through. Remove from pan and cover in foil to rest for 2 minutes. Reserve pan.
  5. Reduce heat to low-medium, carefully wipe reserved pan with paper towel then add a drizzle of oil, butter and pear. Cook for 3-4 minutes, until starting to caramelise. Increase heat to medium, add broccolini and wine/stock and cook for 1-2 minutes, until broccolini is bright green and tender and liquid has evaporated.
  6. Add cooked pear and broccolini, capsicum, spinach, parsley and dressing to a medium bowl, along with cooked bulgur. Season to taste with salt and pepper and toss to combine.
  7. place pork scotch fillet and roasted pear and bulgur salad onto a plate. Sprinkle with walnuts and crumble over blue cheese.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2707 kj
647 kcal
Protein 46.5g
Carbohydrate 39.2g
Fat 25.7g