Pesto Pork & Tomato Salad

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

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
Photo of Pesto Pork & Tomato Salad
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

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