Pork with braised fennel, thyme & orange stew

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Recipe «Pork with braised fennel, thyme & orange stew» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1/4 cup olive oil, 2 large fennel bulbs, thinly sliced, 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped, 4 fresh thyme sprigs, 1 orange, quartered, thinly sliced, plus juice of 1/2 orange , 1 cup Massel chicken style liquid stock, 2 x 400g pork fillets, trimmed, halved, 1 cup pitted green olives , Chopped flat-leaf parsley, to garnish, Crusty bread, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup olive oil 
  • 2 large fennel bulbs, thinly sliced 
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 
  • 4 fresh thyme sprigs 
  • 1 orange, quartered, thinly sliced, plus juice of 1/2 orange 
  • 1 cup Massel chicken style liquid stock 
  • 2 x 400g pork fillets, trimmed, halved 
  • 1 cup pitted green olives 
  • Chopped flat-leaf parsley, to garnish 
  • Crusty bread, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large, deep frypan over medium heat. Add fennel and cook for 5 minutes until lightly browned. Stir in garlic, thyme and orange slices, then add juice and stock. Season, bring to the boil, then simmer on low heat for 3-5 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, heat remaining oil in a pan over high heat. Season pork, then cook for 2-3 minutes, turning, until evenly browned.
  3. Add pork and olives to fennel. Cover and cook over low heat for 10 minutes or until pork is cooked through. Thickly slice pork. Serve the pork and fennel stew, garnished with parsley, with crusty bread.