A tangy fresh green herb sauce with firm sweet pork medallion with salsa verde. Perfect for weekend entertaining or an anytime family meal. Great for the barbecue too.

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pork medallion with salsa verde

• 4 x 4 cm thick cut, pork medallions
• olive oil
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

for the salsa verde

• 1 clove garlic, peeled
• ¼ cup capers
• ¼ cup gherkins
• 1 bunch flat leaved parsley roughly chopped
• ½ bunch basil roughly chopped
• ½ bunch mint roughly chopped
• 2 anchovy fillets (optional)
• ¼ cup red wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons French mustard
• ¼ cup olive oil
• ½ teaspoon sea salt flakes
• freshly ground black pepper
• 4 lemon wedges to garnish

First make the salsa verde. Chop all the ingredients finely and combine with the oil and vinegar or place all ingredients into the work bowl of a food processor and process until well combined. Refrigerate until required.

Rub a little olive oil over each pork medallion and season with salt & pepper. Heat a frying pan, BBQ or griddle pan over a medium high heat. Cook each medallion for about 4 minutes on one side, turn cook for a further 2 minutes or  until cooked through. Then rest the pork medallions before serving. To serve place a generous amount of salsa verde onto each plate, slice the pork medallion into three or four slices and place on top of the salsa verde. Garnish with a wedge of lemon and serve with your choice of vegetables. Serves 4.

Tips: Salsa verde maybe stored in a lidded jar in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Pork medallions can be replaced with pork cutlets or pork scotch fillet steaks