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

January 17, 2016 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

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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.


 

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