Roast pork with lentils, turnips and carrots

AUTHOR
Andrew Gay
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 3
COOK TIME
135 mins
TOTAL TIME
135 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 kg Pork roll roast
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 3 Onions
  • 1 Stalk leek (leek)
  • 8-10 black peppercorns
  • 1 1/2 l Vegetable broth (instant)
  • 250 g Carrots
  • 500 g Turnip
  • 1 TABLESPOON Oil
  • 175 g dried brown lentils
  • 100 g Whipped cream
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS sauce thickener
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sweet peppers
  • 7-10 Tbsp colourful pepper and parsley

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the meat, dab dry and rub with salt and pepper. Peel onions, halve two onions and finely dice the rest of the onion. Clean, wash and cut the leek into large pieces.

  2. 2

    Place the meat, halved onions, leek and peppercorns on a fat pan and bake in a preheated oven (electric range: 175 °C / gas: level 2) for approx. 2 hours. After half of the frying time, deglaze the roast with 1/2 litre stock.

  3. 3

    In the meantime, clean, wash and slice the carrots. Clean, wash and chop the turnip. Heat oil in a pot, fry the diced onions in it, add lentils, deglaze with remaining stock and simmer for 50-60 minutes at medium heat.

  4. 4

    Cook turnips in boiling salted water for about 20 minutes, add carrots after about 5 minutes of cooking time and cook until done. After the end of the cooking time, drain the carrots and turnips on a sieve and mix into the lentils.

  5. 5

    Take the roast out of the oven, cover and let it rest for about 10 minutes. Pour roast stock through a sieve into a pot and add cream. Bring to the boil, stir in sauce thickener, bring to the boil again and season with salt, pepper and paprika.

  6. 6

    Serve the meat, sprinkled with coloured pepper to taste, with the vegetables and parsley leaves on a plate. Serve with sauce extra.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
870 kcal
CARBS
35 g
FATS
52 g
PROTEINS
64 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesheartyMeatPork