Ingredients
- 500g of pork fillet
- 50ml olive oil
- The zest of ½ a lemon + juice for dressing
- 200g of good quality streaky bacon
- 2 large ripe peaches, peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 tbs. of seeded mustard
- 1 tsp. of red wine vinegar
- ¼ cup of water
- Salt and pepper
- 1 fennel bulb finely sliced
Pork fillet with peach mustard sauce and fennel
Method
- Preheat oven to 180C
- Briefly marinate the pork in the 20ml olive oil, pinch of salt, a good crack of pepper and the lemon zest
- Seal off the pork in a pan on high heat until golden brown on the outside
- Turn and continue cooking for 2 minutes
- Let rest for a few minutes
- Wrap pancetta around each piece of pork, with the seam on the base and arrange on a greased oven tray
- Roast for 10 to 12 minutes
- Sauté the peaches on a medium heat in 10ml of olive oil until caramelised
- Once the peaches start to colour, add your mustard, chopped thyme and cook for one minute
- Deglaze with red wine vinegar and water, then purée in a blender with a pinch of salt and pepper
- Take fennel, add lemon juice, a glug of oil, and a pinch of salt
- Toss
- Allow the pork to rest, then slice into medallions
- Serve with the peach sauce and fennel