A simple yet stunning dinner! Pork fillet is doused in Pesto Princess Basil Pesto and sided with a loaded salad of tomatoes, feta, olives, and salad leaves, all drizzled with a sweet balsamic reduction. Served alongside pesto & oregano couscous for soaking up all those delicious flavours!
Pesto Pork & Tomato Salad
Pesto Pork & Tomato Salad
with herby couscous
Hands on Time: 20 - 25 minutes
Overall Time: 25 - 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- Balsamic Reduction
- Danish-style Feta
- Fresh Oregano
- NOMU Italian Rub
- Pesto Princess Basil Pesto
- Pitted Kalamata Olives
- Pork Fillet
- Salad Leaves
- Sunflower Seeds
- Tomato
- Tomatoes
- Whole Wheat Couscous
From your kitchen:
- Oil (cooking, olive or coconut)
- Salt & Pepper
- Water
- Paper Towel
- Butter
COUSCOUS
Boil the kettle. Loosen the pesto with oil in 5ml increments until drizzling consistency. Set aside. Place the couscous in a bowl with 125ml of boiling water. Stir through a drizzle of olive oil and seasoning. Cover and steam until rehydrated, 5-8 minutes. Once cooked, fluff up with a fork and toss through 3⁄4 of the loosened pesto and ½ of the picked oregano.
PERFECT PORK
Place a pan over medium-high heat. Pat the pork fillet dry with paper towel. Coat in oil and season. When hot, sear the pork until cooked through, 6-7 minutes (shifting as it colours). In the final minute, baste with a knob of butter and the NOMU rub. Set aside to rest for 5 minutes before slicing and seasoning.
TOMATO SALAD
While the pork is frying, rinse and roughly shred the salad leaves. Drain the feta. Roughly dice ½ the tomato. Drain and halve the olives. To a bowl, add the sunflower seeds, the shredded leaves, the diced tomato, the halved olives, a drizzle of olive oil, and seasoning. Crumble in the drained feta and toss until combined.
SIMPLY THE BESTO!
Pile up the pesto couscous and top with the pork fillet drizzled with the remaining pesto. Side with the tomato salad drizzled with the balsamic reduction. Sprinkle over the remaining oregano. Beautiful work, Chef!
Pesto Princess Basil Pesto - 25ml
Whole Wheat Couscous - 75ml
Fresh Oregano - 4g
Pork Fillet - 150g
NOMU Italian Rub - 5ml
Salad Leaves - 20g
Danish-style Feta - 40g
Tomato - 1
Pitted Kalamata Olives - 25g
Sunflower Seeds - 10g
Balsamic Reduction - 10ml
COUSCOUS
Boil the kettle. Loosen the pesto with oil in 5ml increments until drizzling consistency. Set aside. Place the couscous in a bowl with 250ml of boiling water. Stir through a drizzle of olive oil and seasoning. Cover and steam until rehydrated, 5-8 minutes. Once cooked, fluff up with a fork and toss through 3⁄4 of the loosened pesto and ½ of the picked oregano.
PERFECT PORK
Place a pan over medium-high heat. Pat the pork fillet dry with paper towel. Coat in oil and season. When hot, sear the pork until cooked through, 6-7 minutes (shifting as it colours). In the final minute, baste with a knob of butter and the NOMU rub. Set aside to rest for 5 minutes before slicing and seasoning.
TOMATO SALAD
While the pork is frying, rinse and roughly shred the salad leaves. Drain the feta. Roughly dice the tomato. Drain and halve the olives. To a bowl, add the sunflower seeds, the shredded leaves, the diced tomato, the halved olives, a drizzle of olive oil, and seasoning. Crumble in the drained feta and toss until combined.
SIMPLY THE BESTO!
Pile up the pesto couscous and top with the pork fillet drizzled with the remaining pesto. Side with the tomato salad drizzled with the balsamic reduction. Sprinkle over the remaining oregano. Beautiful work, Chef!
Pesto Princess Basil Pesto - 50ml
Whole Wheat Couscous - 150ml
Fresh Oregano - 8g
Pork Fillet - 300g
NOMU Italian Rub - 10ml
Salad Leaves - 40g
Danish-style Feta - 80g
Tomato - 1
Pitted Kalamata Olives - 50g
Sunflower Seeds - 20g
Balsamic Reduction - 20ml
COUSCOUS
Boil the kettle. Loosen the pesto with oil in 5ml increments until drizzling consistency. Set aside. Place the couscous in a bowl with 375ml of boiling water. Stir through a drizzle of olive oil and seasoning. Cover and steam until rehydrated, 5-8 minutes. Once cooked, fluff up with a fork and toss through 3⁄4 of the loosened pesto and ½ of the picked oregano.
PERFECT PORK
Place a pan over medium-high heat. Pat the pork fillet dry with paper towel. Coat in oil and season. When hot, sear the pork until cooked through, 7-8 minutes (shifting as it colours). In the final minute, baste with a knob of butter and the NOMU rub. Set aside to rest for 5 minutes before slicing and seasoning.
TOMATO SALAD
While the pork is frying, rinse and roughly shred the salad leaves. Drain the feta. Roughly dice 1½ of the tomatoes. Drain and halve the olives. To a bowl, add the sunflower seeds, the shredded leaves, the diced tomato, the halved olives, a drizzle of olive oil, and seasoning. Crumble in the drained feta and toss until combined.
SIMPLY THE BESTO!
Pile up the pesto couscous and top with the pork fillet drizzled with the remaining pesto. Side with the tomato salad drizzled with the balsamic reduction. Sprinkle over the remaining oregano. Beautiful work, Chef!
Pesto Princess Basil Pesto - 75ml
Whole Wheat Couscous - 225ml
Fresh Oregano - 12g
Pork Fillet - 450g
NOMU Italian Rub - 15ml
Salad Leaves - 60g
Danish-style Feta - 120g
Tomatoes - 2
Pitted Kalamata Olives - 75g
Sunflower Seeds - 30g
Balsamic Reduction - 30ml
COUSCOUS
Boil the kettle. Loosen the pesto with oil in 5ml increments until drizzling consistency. Set aside. Place the couscous in a bowl with 500ml of boiling water. Stir through a drizzle of olive oil and seasoning. Cover and steam until rehydrated, 5-8 minutes. Once cooked, fluff up with a fork and toss through 3⁄4 of the loosened pesto and ½ of the picked oregano.
PERFECT PORK
Place a pan over medium-high heat. Pat the pork fillet dry with paper towel. Coat in oil and season. When hot, sear the pork until cooked through, 7-8 minutes (shifting as it colours). In the final minute, baste with a knob of butter and the NOMU rub. Set aside to rest for 5 minutes before slicing and seasoning.
TOMATO SALAD
While the pork is frying, rinse and roughly shred the salad leaves. Drain the feta. Roughly dice the tomatoes. Drain and halve the olives. To a bowl, add the sunflower seeds, the shredded leaves, the diced tomato, the halved olives, a drizzle of olive oil, and seasoning. Crumble in the drained feta and toss until combined.
SIMPLY THE BESTO!
Pile up the pesto couscous and top with the pork fillet drizzled with the remaining pesto. Side with the tomato salad drizzled with the balsamic reduction. Sprinkle over the remaining oregano. Beautiful work, Chef!
Pesto Princess Basil Pesto - 100ml
Whole Wheat Couscous - 300ml
Fresh Oregano - 15g
Pork Fillet - 600g
NOMU Italian Rub - 20ml
Salad Leaves - 80g
Danish-style Feta - 160g
Tomatoes - 2
Pitted Kalamata Olives - 100g
Sunflower Seeds - 40g
Balsamic Reduction - 40ml