Iberico pork loin and rösti

Thursday, 25th August

Got this nice piece of Iberico Lomo pork and simply fried it on all sides and finished it in the oven for a few minutes. Meanwhile cooked the rösti by just grating potato, squeezing out excess juice and frying gently in a little duck fat. Turning it over the first time didn't go so well, but I was able to recover. The sauce is caramelised onion and blackberry.

Pork fillet with Juniper / Blackberry Fool

Saturday, January 1st

Pork fillet with Juniper - The Cook Book 1980 p243.  With linguine.  Used spanferkel fillets, so smaller than normal.  Beating flat was OK after the first couple of goes.  Sauce with Juniper berries, garlic and red wine was a little bitter. Also, could have been a bit more of it, to go with the pasta.  Meat was good though.

Blackberry Fool - based on recipe in The Cook Book.  Didn't let the fruit macerate long enough because I didn't want to wait.  May have overdone the sugar and used too much cream.