This is one of those recipes that I have been making for such a long time that I do not even remember where I got it from! It is very simple, yet delicious. The pork is tender, juicy, sweet and tangy. I love to serve it with fried artichokes, the way my mum makes them. I like the contrast between the sweetish flavours of the pork and the slightly bitter artichokes. Tender meat and the crunchy veggies… could there be anything better? The whole thing makes a perfect midweek dinner. You could add a nice green salad to cleanse your palate. Enjoy!
Ingredients (for 4 persons):
500 gms – 1.1 lbs pork fillet
For the marinade
3 tbsp honey
4 tbsp grain mustard
1 tsp rosemary
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp mustard seeds
Salt & Pepper
For the fried artichokes
2 artichokes
Flour
Salt
Vegetable oil for frying
Mix all the marinade ingredients together. Reserve 2 tbsp of the marinade and put all the rest in a ziploc bag with the pork fillet. Marinate the pork for a couple of hours.
Bake in a preheated fan forced oven at 180°C for about 25 to 35 minutes, depending on the thickness of the pork fillet. After the first 15 minutes, baste the pork with the 2 tbsp marinade that you had kept aside.
In the meantime, clean and slice your artichokes into 1 cm thick slices. Coat them in flour and shallow fry them in hot vegetable oil. Season with some salt.
Slice the pork and serve it with the fried artichokes and the pork juices.
That pork looks and sounds amazing! What great flavors.. A perfect combination.
Cheers,
Rosa
Doesn’t that look fantastic!
Dear Manu, I finally got internet again and can check out my favorite blogs.:-) This recipe looks fantastic. I love artichockes but never fried them like this. Sounds very yummy to me.:-) Thanks for sharing.
carciofi fritti! you just gave me an idea for my dinner!
The marinade sounds so good..I can imagine that taste.. 🙂
The pork looks deeeelicious! This is my favorite cut of pork and I love your marinade. I’ve never fried artichokes, but it sure looks easy. People eat goooood at your table. 🙂
I love pork! This looks really delicious… honey-mustard and pork go so well together and this looks delicious! Artichokes are also one of my favorite things to eat… Looks great, Manu!
The food sounds amazing, and your pictures are breathtaking! Awesome!
Fried artichokes would be really tasty….a lovely dish with this pork!
You just made me so hungry. I love artichokes more than I can say and those look amazing. And that marinated pork filet with the grainy mustard and honey? I will definitely make this soon.
What a beautiful blend of flavors ! And you have paired it so well with fried artichokes. It’s a pity that I don’t cook pork,mainly because TH is allergic to it.