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Sage & onion pork with quick apple pickle
Not your average pork and apple! Pork mince is fried with onions, carrots, fragrant sage and garlic, simmered with peas in a light savoury stock, and given a creamy twist with a swirl of yogurt. Crispy roasted potatoes take this plateful up a notch, while a quick apple and chive pickle adds a fresh, tangy contrast.
SWK: Source of fibre
SWK: High protein
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Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 apple
- 400g potatoes
- 10g of fresh chives
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (apple cider vinegar (100%))
- 1 onion
- 2 carrot
- 1 handful of fresh sage
- 3 garlic clove
- 250g pork mince (5% fat or less)
- 1 chicken stock cube (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil* , sugar*, chicken fat* 3.5%, yeast extract, natural flavour, chicken meat* 1%, herbs & spices* (turmeric*, black pepper*, parsley*, rosemary*), onion powder*. * Organic ingredient)
- 150g peas (Green Peas 100%)
- 120g fat-free Greek-style yogurt (Milk) (Skimmed Milk Concentrate, Skimmed Milk, Bacterial Starter Culture)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 551
Protein: 42g
Carbs: 77g
Fat: 6.8g
Ingredients
- 800g potatoes
- 2 apple
- 20 x of fresh chives
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar (apple cider vinegar (100%))
- 2 onion
- 4 carrot
- 2 x of fresh sage
- 6 garlic clove
- 500g pork mince (5% fat or less)
- 1 chicken stock cube (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil* , sugar*, chicken fat* 3.5%, yeast extract, natural flavour, chicken meat* 1%, herbs & spices* (turmeric*, black pepper*, parsley*, rosemary*), onion powder*. * Organic ingredient)
- 150g peas (Green Peas 100%)
- 240g fat-free Greek-style yogurt (Milk) (Skimmed Milk Concentrate, Skimmed Milk, Bacterial Starter Culture)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 511
Protein: 39g
Carbs: 72g
Fat: 6.1g
Sage & onion pork with quick apple pickle
Not your average pork and apple! Pork mince is fried with onions, carrots, fragrant sage and garlic, simmered with peas in a light savoury stock, and given a creamy twist with a swirl of yogurt. Crispy roasted potatoes take this plateful up a notch, while a quick apple and chive pickle adds a fresh, tangy contrast.
Cook time:
35 mins
Cuisine:
British
Food group:
Pork
Allergens: Milk
Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- 1x baking tray lined with baking paper
- 1x small bowl
- 1x non-stick frying pan
Pop the potatoes in the oven
- Heat your oven to 230ºC/fan 210ºC/gas 8.
- Cut the potatoes into 2cm cubes, then put them on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Spritz with cooking spray, lightly season and roast for 25-30 mins.
Time to pickle!
- Meanwhile, quarter, core and finely dice the apples. Finely chop the chives.
- Put the apples, half the chives and all the vinegar into a small bowl, then lightly season with salt. Stir well and set aside.
Prep & fry
- Peel the onions and dice into large pieces. Dice the carrots into 1cm cubes.
- Spritz a large non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium heat. Fry the onions and carrots for 5-7 mins until softened.
Cook the pork
- Peel and finely chop the garlic, then finely chop the sage leaves.
- Add the pork mince, garlic and chopped sage to the frying pan and cook for 4-5 mins, breaking up the mince with a wooden spoon, until browned all over.
- Crumble in the stock cube, add the peas and pour in 100ml water (150ml for 4 portions). Cook for another 2-3 mins, until the peas are hot, the liquid loosely coats the pork and the pork is cooked through.
Bring it all together
- Leave the pork mince to cool for a few mins. Stir in the yogurt, then plate up the pork and the roast potatoes.
- To serve, top with the apple pickle and sprinkle over the remaining chives.