Pan-roasted Pork Steaks with Sage Potatoes, Creamy Gherkin Sauce & Mustard Greens

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Pan-roasted Pork Steaks with Sage Potatoes, Creamy Gherkin Sauce & Mustard Greens

Prep time: 15 mins
Total time: 35 mins
Cuisine: British
Food group: Pork

This recipe pulls all the stops. Think tender free-range pork steaks, pan-roasted until golden. Golden potatoes, tossed in fragrant sage. Nutty Tenderstem broccoli and crunchy green beans, infused with sharp mustard. Top the pork with a creamy gherkin sauce, to tie everything together. It's a real weeknight winner.

Cooking Instructions

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Before you start

  • Preheat the oven to 240C / fan 220C / gas mark 9 / air fryer 200C
  • Line a large baking tray with parchment paper
  • Pull out a medium frying pan, a medium saucepan, a sieve & a measuring jug

Roast the potatoes

  • Cut the potatoes into wedges. Place the wedges onto one side of the lined baking tray and toss with 1 tsp oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Roast for 20-25 mins / air fryer 22-26 mins
  • Pick the sage leaves from the stalks
  • After 20-25 mins / air fryer 22-26 mins, add the sage leaves to the potatoes and toss together with 1/2 tsp oil. Return to the oven and roast for a further 5-8 mins / air fryer 3-4 mins, until the potatoes are soft and the sage is crispy

Time for pork

  • Meanwhile, heat the medium frying pan with 1 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the pork and cook for 6 mins per side, until golden brown. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer the pork to the other side of the lined baking tray and roast for 8 mins / air fryer 6 mins, until cooked through
  • Remove the pork and leave to rest

Do the prep & make the sauce

  • Finely dice the shallot. Roughly chop the gherkins. Finely chop or crush the garlic. Trim the broccoli and green beans
  • Reheat the frying pan with 1/2 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the shallot and cook for 3-4 mins, until softening. Season with salt and pepper
  • Add the garlic and gherkins and cook for a further 1 min, then stir in the soft cheese, half the mustard and 100ml water (50ml for 1 person). Simmer for 2-3 mins, until thickened slightly. Season to taste

Cook the veg

  • Bring the medium saucepan filled with salted hot water to a boil. Once boiling, add the broccoli and green beans and boil for for 3-4 mins, until cooked, then drain and return to the pan
  • Add the remaining mustard, 1/2 tsp olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper to the veg and toss to coat

Plate up

  • Check your meat is cooked through; it should be golden brown, steaming hot, the juices should run clear when cut and there should be no pink / rare meat inside
  • Share the pork between plates, with the sage potatoes and mustard greens alongside. Top the pork with the creamy gherkin sauce

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