Tonight I improvised a porc filet recipe with oven potatoes and glazed carrots. If you are interested in reproducing this dish, here are the instructions:
Ingredients:
0.5 to 1kg of port filet
2 carrots
1 celery stick
1 onion
1/3 leek (poireau)
A few sprigs of thyme
2 bay leaves
3 large potatoes
30g unsalted butter
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven at 365 farenheit.
- Cut the carrot, celery, leek, onion roughly and reserve them in an oven-safe recipient.
- Season the porc filet (salt & pepper) and then sear all sides in a hot pan with olive oil.
- Add the porc filet on top of the vegetables, along with the potatoes (rough cut) and top it off with some salt, pepper, olive oil and thyme sprigs.
Slap the recipient into the oven for about 20-25 minutes for a medium doneness, 30-40 for medium-well and 45 to 1 hour for well done (I recommend medium for optimal taste and tenderness).
The potatoes will need about 45 minutes in the oven, so when you take the meat out at the desired doneness, add a aluminum foil and let them cook through. Reserve the meat aside with aluminum foil.
Meanwhile for the glazed carrots, cut them in similar desired shapes, add to a small pot (smallest possible) add water to about half of the carrots height, add the sugar, butter and salt. When the water has evaporated the carrots should be cooked through. Check for doneness once in a while since carrots may overcook.
You have everything ready, have fun plating and serve!
Bonus:
For the sauce, remove the excess oil from the pan where you seared the porc, deglaze with white wine (100ml) (to get all the caramelization the porc left on the pan) reduce the wine to 1/2, add beef stock (200ml), add 35% cream (50ml), butter (15g) and add a teaspoon of dijon mustard. Let it thicken, check for seasoning and serve hot. Don't worry about exact quantities, cooking is not an exact science, just use your common sense!
Instead of throwing out the remaining vegetables, I added some tomato paste to them, roasted everything a bit longer, transferred everything into a large pot, filled up with cold water and brought it to a simmer. Vegetable stock will be ready in 1-2 hours. Transfer to mason jars, cool it, reserve in the refrigerator or simply freeze them for later use. Enjoy
