Italian-style pork with lemon & broccoli
Serves: 4
Recipe photograph by Kris Kirkham
Italian-style pork with lemon & broccoli
Serves: 4
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
570Kcal
Fat
21gr
Saturates
9gr
Carbs
63gr
Sugars
2gr
Fibre
4gr
Protein
30gr
Salt
1gr
Tamsin Burnett-Hall
Tamsin learned the tricks of the trade from cookery legend Delia Smith. A trusted recipe writer for the magazine for over 25 years, in her home kitchen, Tamsin creates fuss-free flavour-packed food for friends and family, with baking being her ultimate form of comfort cooking
Tamsin Burnett-Hall
Tamsin learned the tricks of the trade from cookery legend Delia Smith. A trusted recipe writer for the magazine for over 25 years, in her home kitchen, Tamsin creates fuss-free flavour-packed food for friends and family, with baking being her ultimate form of comfort cooking
Ingredients
- 350g pork tenderloin fillet, trimmed
- zest and juice of 1 large lemon
- 3 tbsp plain flour
- 250g broccoli
- 300g orzo pasta
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp capucine capers, drained
- 50g soft unsalted butter
- ¼ x 28g pack flat-leaf parsley, leaves finely chopped
Step by step
- Cut the pork fillet into slices about 1cm thick. Lie them between 2 sheets of clingfilm and gently bash out to about 2-3mm thick using a rolling pin. Mix half the lemon zest with 2 tablespoons of flour, a generous pinch of salt and some freshly ground black pepper on a plate. Dip the pieces of pork in the flour to coat well.
- Chop the broccoli. Cook the orzo in boiling salted water, into which you have crumbled half the stock cube, for 7 minutes. Add the broccoli and cook for a further 3 minutes until al dente.
- Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large nonstick frying pan on a medium-high heat. Add half of the pork and cook for 2 minutes on the first side; flip and cook for another minute. Remove to a plate, cover with foil to keep warm, and repeat with the remaining oil and pork.
- Once all the pork is out of the pan, make the other half of the stock cube up to 300ml stock with boiling water in a jug and gradually pour into the pan, scraping up any golden bits from the bottom. Add the capers and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice; simmer for 1 minute.
- Drain the broccoli and orzo, and toss with 15g of the butter, some seasoning and the rest of the lemon zest and juice.
- Mash the rest of the butter with the remaining flour, then whisk this into the sauce to thicken it slightly. Simmer for 1-2 minutes; stir in the parsley, and spoon over the pork. Serve with the broccoli orzo.
Tip
Orzo is a rice-shaped pasta – alternatively, you could use any shape of pasta that you prefer