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    Pork cutlets with tomato and plum sauces, served with patatas bravas

    Serves: 4
    Cooking Time: 1 hour 15 mins

    Ingredients

    • PLUM SAUCE
    • 15ml (1 tbsp) olive or avocado oil
    • 2 large tomatoes, diced
    • 250ml (1 cup) cherry tomatoes
    • 2 plums, diced
    • 5ml (1 tsp) sugar
    • 5ml (1 tsp) tomato paste
    • 15ml (1 tbsp) red wine vinegar
    • 125ml (½ cup) fresh mint
    • salt and freshly ground black pepper,to taste
    • TOMATO SAUCE
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) olive/avocado oil
    • ½ red onion, finely diced
    • 15ml (1 tbsp) garlic, finely chopped
    • ½ x 410g tin chopped tomatoes
    • 2,5ml (½ tsp) brown sugar
    • 10ml (2 tsp) fresh thyme leaves
    • 20ml (4 tsp) smoked paprika
    • 20ml (4 tsp) tomato sauce
    • 125ml (½ cup) mayonnaise
    • PATATAS BRAVAS
    • 6 potatoes, sliced into rounds
    • sunflower oil, for frying
    • coarse salt, to taste
    • 4 pork steaks or cutlets
    • salt and freshly ground black pepper,to taste

    Instructions

    1

    For the plum sauce, combine the oil, tomatoes, plums, sugar, tomato paste and vinegar in a saucepan. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in the mint and season. Set aside.

    2

    For the tomato sauce, heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the onion and garlic until soft. Stir in the tomatoes, sugar, thyme and paprika and cook over a gentle heat for about 3 – 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool for 10 minutes. Stir in the tomato sauce and mayonnaise. Set aside.

    3

    For the patatas bravas, deep-fry the potato rounds in hot oil until golden and crisp. Season with the coarse salt.

    4

    Heat a griddle pan to hot and fry the pork cutlets for 3 – 4 minutes on each side. Season.

    5

    Serve the cutlets with the patatas bravas and a spoonful of each sauce.