Fennel seed roast pork with maple baby pears

Recipes / Meat

This pork recipe takes merely 20 minutes to prepare, then simply leave it in the oven to gently roast.

Recipe «Fennel seed roast pork with maple baby pears» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:40 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 small leek, pale section only, thinly sliced, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 1/4 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped, 1/3 cup pitted prunes, coarsely chopped , 1 cup dried breadcrumbs, 1 tbsp sage, coarsely chopped, 1 rolled pork loin, boned , 1 tbsp sea salt flakes, 1 tsp fennel seeds, 6 small corella pears, halved, 1/4 cup maple syrup.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp olive oil 
  • 1 small leek, pale section only, thinly sliced 
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed 
  • 1/4 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped 
  • 1/3 cup pitted prunes, coarsely chopped 
  • 1 cup dried breadcrumbs 
  • 1 tbsp sage, coarsely chopped 
  • 1 rolled pork loin, boned 
  • 1 tbsp sea salt flakes 
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds 
  • 6 small corella pears, halved 
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 230°C. Heat half the oil in a medium frying pan over medium heat. Add the leek and garlic and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until leek softens. Transfer to a large bowl. Add the walnuts to the pan and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes or until lightly toasted. Add to the leeks.
  2. Add the prunes, breadcrumbs and sage to the leek mixture and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. Place the pork loin, rind-side up, on a clean surface. Pat dry with paper towel. Turn over and use a small, sharp knife to make a 5cm-deep cut under the eye of the meat to make a cavity for stuffing. Place stuffing across the centre of the pork. Roll to enclose. Secure with kitchen string, tying at 2cm intervals. Place in a roasting pan. Drizzle with remaining oil and sprinkle with salt and fennel seeds. Use your hands to rub into the rind.
  4. Roast in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 180°C. Place the pears around the pork and drizzle with maple syrup. Roast for a further 1 hour or until pork is tender. Transfer to a platter. Cover with foil and set aside for 15 minutes to rest. Serve with the maple roasted pears.