Crisp salty prosciutto, tender garlicky-sage pork, tart rhubarb and celeriac and cauliflower puree.  Hungry yet?
Trust Jamie Oliver to give us a simple, amazing recipe.
The pork is very flavoursome.  
The celeriac and cauliflower puree was my addition! Jamie recommends potatoes, but I wanted something lighter.  This puree is fantastic.  Try it.  For a weekend dinner, a dinner party, or if I was feeling gluttonous I would have added another couple of tablespoons of butter.  It would also be delightful passed through a sieve to make it perfectly smooth.  For a mid-week dinner all of this is unnecessary.
Serves 4 people
For the Pork and Rhubarb
2 pork fillets, trimmed
Large handful of fresh sage leaves
4 cloves of garlic
Salt and pepper, to taste
6 large (or 12 baby) rhubarb stalks, chopped into finger lengths
12 slices of prosciutto, thinly sliced
Olive oil
Bash up the garlic and a good pinch of salt of pepper in a mortar and pestle.  Add the sage leaves and mash again.  Add a good 4 tbsp of olive oil.  Mix well.  Mix with the pork in a plastic bag and massage well.  Put in the refrigerator to marinate for 1 hour to 1 day.  If you don't have the time, don't worry about the marinating.
Preheat the oven to 220C.  Put the rhubarb into a baking tray and place the pork on top.  Drape the prosciutto over the pork and drizzle with olive oil.  
Wet and then scrunch up a  piece of baking paper then lay it over the pork.  Put in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.  Remove the paper and bake for a further 15 minutes.  Remove from the oven and let the pork rest for 5 minutes.  Slice the pork into pieces and enjoy.
Celeriac and Cauliflower Puree
Fairly amazing side dish.  Wow.
The lady in the shop thought this was fennel - so i decided to look up a celeriac on the internet...
Celeriac - (Apium graveolens rapaceum), also known as celery root, turnip-rooted celery, knob celery.  A kind of celery, grown as a root vegetable for its large and bulbous hypocotyl rather than for its stem and leaves.  (thanks Wikipedia!)
This is probably enough for a side dish for up to 6 people
1 celeriac, peeled and chopped into 1cm dice
1/4 large cauliflower chopped into small pieces
1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste (a lot!)
Place the celeriac, cauliflower and milk in a large saucepan with a lid on.  Bring the milk to the boil and then turn down the heat.  Simmer gently until the celeriac and cauliflower are both tender and fragrant (10-15 minutes). 
Pour into a food processor and blend until smooth.  Add the butter and olive oil and blend more.  Season generously with salt and pepper
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