Pork fillet with apricot glaze and crispy fries

I think poor old pork fillets often get forgotten while their more popular brothers, pork chop and pork roast take the spotlight. I've never really been a huge fan of its famous relatives, always favouring the fillet. It's so easy to cook - flavour it and bake it for 25 to 30 minutes. Easy peasy!

This particular recipe, given to me by my mum, uses just a few simple ingredients to create mouth-watering pork. Team it with my newly discovered crunchy chips and you're sure to have a family-pleasing meal.

Unfortunately, I didn't write down the details of the blog I found the chip trick on. I hate not giving credit where credit's due so if you are reading this, oh great creator of super crunchy home-made fries, please comment and I'll give you your credit.

Place the butter in a saucepan and cook over medium heat until melted.

Add the remaining ingredients to the saucepan (except the pork) and stir over medium heat until the jam has dissolved.

Place the pork fillet in a lightly-greased baking dish and pour the sauce over the top. Bake the fillet for 25 to 30 minutes.

When the pork is cooked, remove the dish from the oven and leave the pork to rest for 10 minutes.

Cut up the fillet and serve with crispy fat fries and vegetables. Yum!

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Recipe

Pork fillet with apricot glaze and crispy fries

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Author: Claire Cameron

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Ingredients

Apricot pork

• ▢ 1 pork fillet about 800g/28oz
• ▢ 1 onion diced
• ▢ 2 tablespoon apricot jam you can use mixed fruit jam or breakfast marmalade in its place
• ▢ 20 g 1oz butter
• ▢ 1 teaspoon curry powder
• ▢ 2 teaspoon grated ginger
• ▢ 2 tablespoon light soya sauce
• ▢ 1 tbs lemon juice

Crunchy fries

• ▢ 1 large dirty potato
• ▢ 1 tbs potato flour
• ▢ spray oil

Instructions

Apricot pork

• Pre-heat the oven to 180C (360F) fan-forced.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan then add the remaining ingredients (except the pork).
• Stir over a low heat until the jam has dissolved.
• Place the pork in a lightly-oil baking dish and cover with the sauce.
• Bake for 25 - 30 minutes.
• Leave the cooked pork to rest for 10 minutes before cutting and serving.

Crunchy fries

• Pre-heat the oven to 180C/360F fan-forced.
• Cut the potato into chips of desired thickness.
• Place in a plastic bag and coat with the potato flour. Toss it around so all the potato is coated.
• Place the potato chips on a lined baking tray, spray lightly with oil and bake until golden.

If you cut the chips to about the same thickness that I did, they will cook at the same time as the pork. Perfect timing.

Another great discovery I made about these chips is that they freeze really well. To cook frozen chips, place them on an oven tray and cook at 180C/360F until they are heated through. We actually thought they were even better after being frozen.

Notes

Apricot pork serves 4, 280 calories per serve (excluding veges and potato)
Crunchy fries serves 2, 120 calories per serve

Have you made this recipe? I'd love to hear what you think. Tag me on Instagram @clairekcreations