Pork Chilli With Mediterranean Vegetables
cooking time
40 minutes
cooking skill
Easy
serves
5 people
Ingredients
- 15ml (1tbsp) olive oil
- 1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, squashed
- 450g (1lb) lean pork mince
- 400g can Borlotti beans, rinsed and drained
- 5ml (1tsp) dried chilli flakes
- 15ml tomato purée
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 3 large beef steak tomatoes, slice off top, remove flesh and reserve both
- 3 long red peppers, cut in half lengthwise and deseed
- 100g (4oz) brie cheese, sliced
- 15g fresh thyme sprigs
- 4 handfuls fresh spinach leaves to serve
Method
Preparation
Preheat the oven.
1
Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the onion and garlic until it begins to soften. Add the pork mince and brown for 3-4 minutes.
2
Add the beans, chilli, tomato purée, chopped tomatoes and tomato flesh, cover and allow to simmer for 10 minutes.
3
Place the tomato and pepper shells into a large deep baking tray and fill with the pork mince mixture. Spoon any spare mixture into the tray around the vegetables.
4
Top with the cheese slices and thyme sprigs. Cover with foil and bake in the oven for about 30 minutes. Remove the foil for the last 10 minutes.
5
Before serving, add handfuls of the spinach to the sauce in the bottom of the dish.
