Pan-fried pork with spinach, raisins and pine nuts

Recipes / Meat

You only need a few ingredients and 30 minutes to make this gourmet midweek meal.

Recipe «Pan-fried pork with spinach, raisins and pine nuts» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1 lemon, zested and juiced, 1 tsp ground coriander, 2 pork fillets , trimmed, 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 onion, finely chopped , 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped, 250g baby spinach leaves, 1/3 cup raisins , 2 tbsp toasted pine nuts.

Ingredients:

  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced 
  • 1 tsp ground coriander 
  • 2 pork fillets , trimmed 
  • 1 tbsp olive oil 
  • 1 onion, finely chopped 
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 
  • 250g baby spinach leaves 
  • 1/3 cup raisins 
  • 2 tbsp toasted pine nuts 

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
  2. Combine the lemon zest and coriander with some sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cut the pork fillets in half to give 4 shorter pieces, then sprinkle zest mixture over the pork.
  3. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Cook pork for 1-2 minutes each side to brown all over. Transfer to the tray and bake for 10-12 minutes until cooked through.
  4. Meanwhile, add remaining oil to the frypan and turn heat to medium-low. Cook onion and garlic for 8 minutes or until soft and golden. Reduce heat to low, add the spinach, raisins and a squeeze of lemon juice. Season and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes until the spinach wilts. Stir through the pine nuts, then remove from the heat.
  5. Slice the pork, then serve with the spinach, drizzled with any pan juices.