I love fig season! I love that I am able to get fresh figs from my inlaws’ tree. It’s massive and we’re able to harvest kilos each week when they come into season {just hope you get to them before all the birds do}. I love to eat the figs in sweet desserts or on toast with a little mascarpone and honey. But I thought that I would share with you this great dinner recipe using figs.
Fruit goes so well with pork – think apples and pears, so why not add some delicious figs to equation whilst they are in season? I decided to pare my delicious pork with some figs and a middle eastern inspired couscous… sound good? Well keep reading…
My middle eastern inspired couscous all started out with these delicious pistachios that I had in the cupboard. I was so stoked to see that they finally were selling pistachios without their shells that I picked them up with great gusto {only to have them sit in my cupboard for weeks as I didn’t have a dish in mind when I picked them up}.
PORK CUTLETS WITH COUSCOUS AND FIGS
4 pork cutlets
1 cup of couscous
1 1/2 cups of chicken stock
1/2 cup of pistachios
6 figs
1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup of honey
1/4 cup of olive oil
2 tablespoons of chopped basil
2 tablespoons of crushed garlic
rocket to serve
salt and pepper
Bring your chicken stock to the boil and then pour over the couscous and allow to rest whilst you prepare the rest of your meal.
Season the pork cutlets with salt, pepper, basil and garlic. Add a little oil to a frying pan over medium-high heat and cook your cutlets to your liking.
Remove the cutlets from the pan {allowing them to rest} and then place the figs {cut in half, cut side down} in the pan and then add the vinegar and honey. Cook for 2 minutes until the liquid reduces.
Fluff the couscous with a fork and then mix through the crushed pistachios and a little oil.
Dress the rocket with the remaining oil and salt and pepper, before serving.
Do you eat pork regularly? Where do you purchase your pork from? Are you more a butcher shopper or a supermarket shopper? Have you tried Murray Valley Pork?
This looks fabulous. How lucky that your in-laws have a fig tree, I love them them wrapped in proscuitto, grilled and then put in a salad
YUM – wrapping them in proscuitto and grilling them sounds right up my alley.
YUM – wrapping them in proscuitto and grilling them sounds right up my alley.