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Pork Fillet with Bacon & Mushroom stuffing

Pork Fillet with Bacon & Mushroom stuffing, eat well on universal credit

When a Fillet of Pork is less than half the price of a Chicken.....

Ingredients:-

1 Pork Fillet, butterflied
100g of Bacon Lardons
5 Mushrooms, finely diced
1 Small Onion, finely diced
3 Cloves of Garlic, minced
2 Tbsp of Parsley, chopped
3 Tbsp of Breadcrumbs (Gluten free for us)
Salt & Pepper to season
The Zest and Juice of a Lemon
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Add Oil to a frying pan and over a medium heat fry the Bacon, until crispy.
(2) Remove and set aside.
(3) In the same pan add the Onions and fry until softened.
(4) Add the Mushrooms & Garlic and season with Salt and Pepper.
(5) Allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
(6) Return the Bacon to the pan and add the Breadcrumbs.
(7) Add the Parsley.
(8) Mix well and then remove from the heat and allow to cool.
(9)  Slice the Fillet lengthways to butterfly, but don’t cut right through.
(10) Hammer out with a Meat hammer so it is thin enough to roll when stuffed.
(11) Spread the stuffing over the Fillet and close. String up so the stuffing remains in the pocket of the meat.
(12) Secure the ends with skewers.
(13) Heat a frying pan heat Oil to a high heat and sear the meat on all sides.
(14) season with Salt & Pepper are brush with Oil.
(15) Add to a baking tray and place in a pre-heated oven at 160c and cook for 20 minutes.
(16) Remove and cover with foil to rest.
(17) Mix the Parsley, Olive Oil, and Lemon.
(18) Drizzle over before slicing into 2cm cuts.

We served ours with Roasted Beetroot, Parsnips, Minted Potatoes and Peas.

 

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Chicken Liver Stir-Fry

When there’s 500g of Chicken Livers with a 33p discount sticker on it, you have to be inventive…..

So an 80p box of Chinese Stir-Fry bits, some Rice Noodles and a few bits and bobs from the cupboards and 20 minutes later we had this…

Ingredients:-

Chicken Livers
Milk
Breadcrumbs (Gluten free in our case)
Flour (Gluten free in our case)
Garlic Salt
Onion Salt
Mustard Powder
Black Pepper
Mixed Herbs
Chilli flakes
Rice Noodles
Stir-Fry Pack
Oil

Method:-

(1) Add Garlic Salt, Onion Salt, Mustard Powder, Black Pepper, Mixed Herbs and Chilli flakes to Milk and soak the Chicken livers.
(2) Add Garlic Salt, Onion Salt, Mustard Powder, Black Pepper, Mixed Herbs and Chilli flakes, Bread Crumbs to the Flour and mix well.
(3) Give the Livers a good hour in the Milk mixture.
(4) Dredge the Livers in the Flour coating and set aside.
(5) In a large frying pan or Wok fry the Stir-Fry ingredients.
(6) Boil a kettle full of water.
(7) Heat the deep fat Fryer.
(8) Heat a large pan of salted water.
(9) In a separate frying pan fry the livers in a little Oil, turning occasionally.
(10) Drop ½ of the Noodles in the boiling water for a minute or so.  Then drain and set aside.
(11) Pop the remaining Noodles in the fryer for a few seconds so that they puff up. Set aside to drain on kitchen paper.
(12) Run the Noodles through with boiling water so that they separate.
(13) Plate with the Noodles at the bottom, the Stir-Fry veg over the top, the crispy Chicken Livers and then dress with the crispy Noodles.

All in all for a cost of less than £3 for us and Tigger the Cat this was an outstanding meal!

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