Recipes

Saltimbocca a La Romana

Saltimbocca a La Romana

 

Ingredients for one serving:

  • 100g Fillet of Pork - flattened into an escalope (Thin steak)
  • 1 slice of Parma ham
  • 1 Fresh Sage leaf
  • 10ml Marsalla or Madeira wine
  • 50ml Thickened gravy
  • 20g Butter
  • Seasoning

Method

  1. Preferably use tenderloin pork or a loin of pork steak. Remove alls kin and gristle and batton out until very thin (ask the butcher). Place a fresh sage leaf on top of the escalope of pork and then place a slice of Parma ham on top using two cocktail sticks to attach the Parma ham to the pork.
  2. Using oil and butter in a saute pan, place pork parma side down and cook quickly for 1-2 minutes. Turn over and cook other side, lightly brown for 1-2 minutes. Reserve on a hot plate. Remove cocktail sticks before serving.
  3. De-glaze pan with a Marsalla or Madeira wine, add stock and thickened gravy, reduce season, add knobs of butter and shake into sauce. Strain sauce arounf the outside of the pork escalope.Finally in a black frying pan, add butter and fresh sage leaves. When butter has turned nut brown add a squeeze of lemon juice and tip over the parma ham. Serve warm.