Fillet of pork with tomato pesto and Parmesan potatoes - Fläskfilé med tomatpesto och parmesanpotatis

FILLET OF PORK WITH TOMATO PESTO AND
PARMESAN POTATOES
Fläskfilé med tomatpesto och parmesanpotatis

Fillet of pork with parmesan potatoes – could it get any better? Of course it can – top with a gorgeous tomato pesto and a creamy sauce, and you have a dinner to beat!

4 servings

1 fillet of pork, approx 1 lb

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

Tomato pesto:

3 tablespoons pine nuts
2 garlic cloves
1/3 cup sunflower oil
3 tablespoons tomato purée

Sauce:

1 ¾ cups pan juices + water
2 to 3 tablespoons concentrated veal bouillon
¾ cup crème fraîche or soured cream
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon Chinese soy sauce

Heat the oven to 440F.

Start with the tomato pesto. Roast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan. Peel the garlic, then mix garlic and pine nuts with a hand mixer. Add oil and tomato purée, little by little, stirring continuously. Flavour with salt.

Brown the meat in fat in a frying pan. Flavour with salt and pepper. Put it on an oven-proof dish and spread some of the pesto on top. Put a meat thermometer in the middle of the meat, in the thickest part, and put in the oven for about 20 minutes until the temperature reaches 70°C/160F.

Sauce: Pour water in the frying pan from the meat and whisk around. Strain the pan juices in a saucepan and add bouillon, crème fraîche, flour and soy sauce. Bring to a boil while stirring and simmer for about 5 minutes. Flavour to taste with salt and pepper.

Slice the fillet. Drizzle remaining pesto over the meat and serve with parmesan potatoes (see below), the sauce and a salad.

PARMESAN POTATOES

Parmesanpotatis

4 servings

Peel and cut 2 lbs potatoes in very thin slices and put them like roof tiles in an oven-proof dish with baking paper. Brush with 2 tablespoons oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper, a dash of paprika and 1 dl (good 1/3 cup) finely grated parmesan. Put in the oven at 440F and bake for approx 30 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Increase the heat to 480F during the last 5 minutes so that the potatoes become nice and golden.

Enjoy!

Bella