Balsamic pork with watercress

Balsamic pork with watercress

Impress your family with this light and tasty pork dish

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preperation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 12 mins

Method

  1. Grate the zest from 1 orange, then segment the flesh (see Here to help, p23). Juice the other orange. Mix the zest with half the juice, vinegar, honey and garlic, then set aside. For the dressing, whisk the remaining juice with the mustard, 1 tbsp oil and seasoning.
  2. Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan, add the pork, then brown on each side, about 5 mins in total. Add the balsamic mixture, season, then bring to the boil. Bubble for 5-6 mins, turning the pork, until tender.
  3. Meanwhile, tip the watercress into a bowl, toss with the avocado, orange segments and dressing, then serve alongside the pork.

Per serving

261 kcalories, protein 19g, carbohydrate 9g, fat 17 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 2g, salt 0.24 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2008.

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  • 13 August 2008

    Nennepus rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was delicious! I skipped the water cress salad, as water cress is not readily available here in Norway - I served it with sugar snaps halved lengthways and steamed for at couple of minutes on top of the porc.... worked very well!

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  • 25 August 2008

    Nicky commented on this recipe

    Delicious and so easy to make. The salad dressing also great so use with other dishes outside of this recipe. Will definitel be making this one again

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  • 25 August 2008

    Steph commented on this recipe

    We loved the sauce and the dressing complemented the watercress perfectly.

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  • 29 August 2008

    kcikingkatie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Such a tasty and fast little meal, had most of the ingredients on hand as well. Served with oven roasted chips, this will be definitely become a regular meal in my kitchen.

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  • 31 August 2008

    soupy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    What a delicious and easy recipe! The only difficult part was opening the jar of honey! I used diced pork as that was what I had bought and as we were having cauliflower not salad, I put the mustard into the cooking sauce. I also used 2 cloves of garlic. So, a bit of a variation on the basic recipe.

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    18 September 2008

    di commented on this recipe

    Lovely sauce and the pork was tender, served it with sugar snap peas and roasted cubed potatoes.....very tasty and enjoyed by all!

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  • 13 October 2008

    Erin rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this over the weekend, my husband absolutely loved it! Had to add extra orange juice though to make it a little saucier. Couldn't get hold of avos, but the salad was divine anyway. Served it with the garlicky mashed potato bake as suggested, and that was scrummy too! Will definitely do both again :)

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preperation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 12 mins

Counts as 1 of 5-a-day

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Per serving

261 kcalories, protein 19g, carbohydrate 9g, fat 17 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 2g, salt 0.24 g

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