Name: Rare-breed pork with chickpeas in zimino and salsa verde
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 6 pork cutlets (about 250gm each), rind removed; 2 tbsp olive oil; Chickpeas in zimino; 250 gm dried chickpeas, soaked overnight in cold water, drained; 2 garlic cloves; 100 ml olive oil; 1 Spanish onion, finely chopped; 1 carrot, finely chopped; 200 gm silverbeet, stalks finely chopped (about 1 bunch); 1 dried long red chilli, crushed; 4 thyme sprigs; 5 vine-ripened tomatoes, seeds removed, coarsely chopped; ½ cup coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley; Salsa verde; 1 cup finely chopped mint (loosely packed); 2 tbsp finely chopped marjoram; 2½ cups (loosely packed) finely chopped flat-leaf parsley; 2 cups (loosely packed) finely chopped basil; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; 5 anchovy fillets, finely chopped; 1 tsp capers, rinsed, finely chopped; 25 ml red wine vinegar; 1 tbsp Dijon mustard; 100 ml olive oil

Rare-breed pork with chickpeas in zimino and salsa verde

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for rare-breed pork with chickpeas in zimino and salsa verde.

Serves 6

Prep

30M

Cook

1H 30M

Total

“I would love to try and replicate the pork and chickpeas from Melbourne’s Royal Saxon. Please share the recipe.”

G Daley, Richmond, Vic

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Ingredients

6 pork cutlets (about 250gm each), rind removed

2 tbsp olive oil

Chickpeas in zimino

250 gm dried chickpeas, soaked overnight in cold water, drained

2 garlic cloves

100 ml olive oil

1 Spanish onion, finely chopped

1 carrot, finely chopped

200 gm silverbeet, stalks finely chopped (about 1 bunch)

1 dried long red chilli, crushed

4 thyme sprigs

5 vine-ripened tomatoes, seeds removed, coarsely chopped

½ cup coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley

Salsa verde

1 cup finely chopped mint (loosely packed)

2 tbsp finely chopped marjoram

2½ cups (loosely packed) finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

2 cups (loosely packed) finely chopped basil

1 garlic clove, finely chopped

5 anchovy fillets, finely chopped

1 tsp capers, rinsed, finely chopped

25 ml red wine vinegar

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

100 ml olive oil

Method

Main

1.For chickpeas in zimino, combine chickpeas, 1 garlic clove and 25ml olive oil in a saucepan and cover generously with water. Bring to the simmer, cook until tender (30-40 minutes), then set aside in liquid. Finely chop remaining garlic. Heat remaining olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, add garlic, onion, carrot, silverbeet stalks, chilli and thyme and cook until tender (10-15 minutes). Blanch silverbeet leaves until just tender (1-2 minutes). Set aside. Add 200ml chickpea liquid to silverbeet stalk mixture and simmer until almost evaporated (6-8 minutes). Add tomato and cook until tomatoes just break down (7-8 minutes). Add silverbeet leaves and drained chickpeas (discard remaining liquid), season to taste and stir to combine. Simmer for flavours to develop (5-6 minutes), add two-thirds of the parsley and keep warm.

2.For salsa verde, combine ingredients in a bowl, season to taste, stir to combine and set aside.

3.Heat a large char-grill pan over medium heat. Drizzle chops with oil, season to taste and grill, turning once, until cooked through (10-12 minutes). Set aside to rest (5 minutes). Serve with chickpeas in zimino and salsa verde, and scatter with remaining parsley.

Chef Glenn Laurie at the Royal Saxon uses rare-breed Berkshire pork for this dish. If it’s unavailable, substitute another free-range pork. The Tuscan phrase “in zimino” refers to the method of cooking the chickpeas with silverbeet. You’ll need to begin this recipe a day ahead to soak the chickpeas.
This recipe is from the March 2013 issue of
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Notes

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