Delia's Fast Roast Pork with Rosemary and Caramelised Apples

By Helen
Main ingredients:

• Pork Fillet
• Rosemary
• Granny Smith apple
• Cider vinegar and dry cider
• Garlic

Ah, good old Delia. 

That boeuf en croute must have just caught me on a bad day, since this is the second of her recipes in a row which has been easier and more delicious than I'd anticipated.

A fillet of pork was studded with garlic and roasted for 25 minutes with cider vinegar, onions, rosemary, a little sugar and a few wedges of apple. Once cooked it was hoisted out and left to rest while all the lovely juices were combined with double cream and cider to make the sauce.

We tucked into thick slices of the pork with roast potatoes (as recommended) and minty savoy cabbage (from a couple of weeks ago). The end piece of the fillet was a little chewy but the slices from the middle were no match for even our feeble butter-knives. I didn't have the patience to craft the sauce as lovingly as instructed but that was mainly because it smelled SO GOOD and I was hungry. 

It came off none the worse and as Queen Smith points out, a couple of fillets would make a substantial roast for six people in less than an hour - and works out around £2.78 a head. 

Next week: something not Delia and not a roast!

Best for...A bit of Sunday indulgence on a soggy weeknight

Taken from...Delia Smith - How to Cook: Book Two

Chris says... Lovely subtle flavours and very moreish - went well with minty cabbage too!