Pork with orange and poppy seed salad

Well pork, orange and poppy seeds can make a colourful and tasty plate of food, with the welcome addition of runner beans, cucumber and some crumbled feta cheese, who can resist!

Ingredients:

Serves Four
30ml (2tbsp) oil
1tsp smoked paprika
4 pork shoulder steaks
225g (7 1/2oz) runner beans, sliced
6 small oranges, peeled and sliced
1 cucumber, halved lengthways and sliced
1 red chilli, deseeded and sliced
4tsp poppy seeds
100g (3 1/2oz) feta, crumbled
handful fresh coriander, chopped

Method:

1. Mix 1 tbsp. oil with the paprika and brush the steaks. Heat a frying pan over a medium-high heat and cook for 4-5 minutes, until cooked through, with no remaining trace of pink. Remove from the pan, cover with foil and leave to rest.

2. Place the runner beans in a saucepan and cook for 3 minutes. Drain and transfer to a large bowl.

3. Add the oranges, cucumber, chilli, poppy seeds, feta and coriander, then stir gently to combine.

4. Divide the salad onto plates and top with the sliced pork steaks.

Each serving:

Carbohydrate 18.7g Protein 41.8g Fibre 5.9g Fat 20g

From an original Tesco Real Food recipe here

Sejal Sukhadwala writes Poppy seeds "are the tiny, edible blue-grey or ivory-coloured seeds of the poppy flower. The former are more common in European cookery; and the latter in Indian cuisine. Although the poppy is the source of opium, its seeds lose their narcotic characteristics as they ripen.

Buyer's guide:
White poppy seeds are not widely available, but you will find them in Indian grocers.

Storage:
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator to prevent them from becoming rancid.

Preparation:
Because they’re so small and have a tendency to stick together, poppy seeds are often dry-roasted, or soaked and ground before use to make them easier to handle. In Central and Eastern Europe, they are sprinkled onto cakes, breads, biscuits and bagels, and added to potato, egg, pasta, cream and cheese dishes. In India, they are used as a spice or as a thickener in curries."

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All the best Jan