Lemon & chilli sesame pork with mangetout

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1. To pre-cook the mangetout, snap away and discard the tops, then plunge into rapidly boiling salted water for 1 min before draining and keeping to one side. Heat a wok or frying pan, add the sesame seeds and 'toast' until golden brown. Spoon into a bowl and leave to one side.
2. Add a splash of olive oil to the pan and fry the shallots, chilli and lemon zest over a medium heat for a few mins until the shallots just begin to soften. Season the pork with salt and pepper. Increase the heat in the pan, add the pork and fry for just a few mins until the pork is golden brown. Stir in the mangetout, sesame seeds, butter and lemon juice (using just half if it's a particularly juicy fruit). Finish with a trickle of sesame oil, if using.

Recipe taken from Gary Rhodes Time to Eat, from Michael Joseph

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• Deborah

  07 December 2007

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  This was a good way to use pork. I added some shredded fresh ginger which I think went well with the lemon and chilli.

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  30 December 2007

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  I would like to make this receipe with chicken

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  this was a great recipe! so simple and tasty!! cant wait to cook it again

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  17 January 2008

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  We made this with the ginger suggested above. Great recipe overall, but the amount of sesame seeds seemed excessive and we cut this down considerably - with great results.

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  Made this tonight. Also added ginger and the sesame seeds did seem a lot. But overall very nice dish

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• claire walton

  07 March 2008

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  Really tasty dish. Agree that sesame seeds were excessive and cut them down as well. Really easy and quick dish will be making again

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  I found the same thing with the sesame seeds but other than that this was a really tasty dish.

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  06 September 2008

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  That is a lot of sesame seeds! - its a typo...in the magazine it says 2 tsp of sesame seeds.

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  02 October 2008

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  We used 10g of sesame seeds, figured it was a typo! This seems to be the perfect amount! Really yummy though!

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  Loved this recipe and also cut down on the sesame seeds to 10g. Definitely a winner.

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Ingredients

• 100g sesame seeds
• olive oil , for cooking
• 2 shallots , sliced
• 2 medium red chillies , halved and deseeded and very thinly sliced
• zest and juice 1 lemon
• 350g pork fillets , or loin, sliced into thin strips
• knob of butter
• trickle sesame oil (optional)
• 100g mange tout

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Serves 2

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Prep 20 mins

Cook 15 mins

Ingredients

• 100g sesame seeds
• olive oil , for cooking
• 2 shallots , sliced
• 2 medium red chillies , halved and deseeded and very thinly sliced
• zest and juice 1 lemon
• 350g pork fillets , or loin, sliced into thin strips
• knob of butter
• trickle sesame oil (optional)
• 100g mange tout

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