Recipe of the Month – February 2010

Diced Pork Recipe

I cooked this for my wife last week – it took me twenty minutes from start to finish. She liked it so much she finished off the washing-up!

Serves 2 people

  • 6-8oz (170-227g) diced pork
  • 1 chopped leek
  • 2oz (50g) chopped mushrooms
  • 2oz. cream, single or double
  • Grainy Mustard
  • Vegetable oil
  • ½ cup of wine or stock (chicken or vegetable)
  • Salt & Pepper
  • Knob of butter
  • Rice
  • Green vegetable

Heat a tablespoonful of oil in a deep frying pan/sauté pan.

Brown the diced pork in the hot oil and remove and reserve the pork. Season to taste. Melt the butter in the pan and add the chopped mushrooms and leek. Add the wine/stock and cover on a low heat for 5 minutes.
Add the pork and keep covered on a medium heat for another 5 minutes. Add the cream and a dessert spoonful of mustard. Stir well with a wooden spoon on a medium high heat for two to three minutes so the sauce coats the pork. Season to taste.

Serve on a bed of rice – long grain, basmati, whatever you prefer, with the green vegetable of your choice. Make sure your plates are at least warm – the warmer the better !

The cost of the ingredients is between £3:50 and £5:00, depending on what green vegetable you use and the cost of pork at the time.