Name: Spiced pork fillet with caramel apples and couscous
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Spiced pork fillet with caramel apples; 50 gram butter; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 500 gram pork fillet, trimmed, thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 whole star anise; 1 large apple, cored, cut into wedges; Couscous; 1 1/2 cup couscous; 1 1/2 cup hot apple juice or boiling water; 20 gram butter; 400 gram can chickpeas, drained, rinsed; 1/3 cup roughly chopped parsley

Spiced pork fillet with caramel apples and couscous

Serves 4

Prep

Cook

10M

Total

15M

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Ingredients

Spiced pork fillet with caramel apples

50 gram butter

1 tablespoon olive oil

500 gram pork fillet, trimmed, thinly sliced

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 whole star anise

1 large apple, cored, cut into wedges

Couscous

1 1/2 cup couscous

1 1/2 cup hot apple juice or boiling water

20 gram butter

400 gram can chickpeas, drained, rinsed

1/3 cup roughly chopped parsley

Method

1.Heat butter and oil in a large frying pan on high.

2.Cook pork 2-3 minutes each side, until golden brown. Remove from pan. Set aside, loosely covered in foil, to rest.

3.Add sugar and spices to pan, stirring. Toss apple through mixture 1-2 minutes, until tender and caramelised. Return pork to pan; heat through.

4.Meanwhile, to make couscous, in a large heatproof bowl combine couscous, juice and butter. Cover; set aside 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork to separate grains. Stir chickpeas and parsley through. Season to taste.

5.Serve pork and apple sauce on a bed of couscous.

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