Pork Fillet en Croute with Port & Red Wine Jus
2 people
30 minutes
10 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp SuperValu Button Mushrooms
- 350 g SuperValu Quality Irish Pork Chops trimmed (175g per person)
- 100 g SuperValu Spinach
Or
-
1
-
Fresh Egg
mixed with SuperValu Milk to make a glaze
-
100
g
Mushrooms
sliced
-
0
-
Puff Pastry
50 x 30cm
-
0
-
SuperValu Whole Black Peppercorns
Port and Red Wine Jus
-
50
ml
Port
-
400
ml
Red Wine
-
1
tbsp
SuperValu Dark Brown Sugar
-
2
sprigs
SuperValu Fresh Thyme
-
1
clove
SuperValu Garlic
chopped
-
2
-
SuperValu Shallots
sliced
-
1
tsp
SuperValu Tomato Purée
Method
- Roll the pastry out to required dimensions.
- Egg wash the puff pastry, and place the spinach in the centre.
- Add the fillet of pork on top of the spinach and brush with the mushroom marinade (or add the mushroom) and then fold the remaining puff pastry back onto the pork fillet.
- Secure the pastry around the pork and again brush thoroughly with the egg wash.
- Cut the sides if desired, and then cut into two for 2 portions.
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas mark 5.
- Place the fillet of pork en croute in the oven for 20–25 minutes until the pastry is golden brown.
Port & Red Wine Jus
- In a small pan, over a medium heat, melt the butter and add the shallots, garlic and thyme.
- Cook for 1- 2 minutes until slightly soften.
- Add the brown sugar and allow this to melt and bubble up around the sides of the saucepan.
- At this stage, reduce the heat to quite low and pour in the red wine, tomato purée and port.
- Allow this mixture to come to a gentle boil and then reduce to a syrup consistency.
