Mexican pork fillet with honey

Course: Main courses

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: Oven dish, Slightly sweet, Spicy

Seizoen: All year

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 30

Total Time: 35

Servings: servings

Calories: 212kcal

Author: Diana Westerhof

A wonderfully tender Mexican pork fillet: seasoned, seared briefly, and then cooked in the oven with a sauce of honey, butter, and garlic. The ginger powder provides a subtle oriental note, while the final result is tender, juicy, and lightly sweet. Perfect for a weekday meal or a dinner with friends.

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Ingredients

600 g pork fillet
15 g butter
2 tsp honey
1 tsp Mexican spices
0.5 tsp ginger powder
2 cloves garlic finely chopped
salt
pepper
180 ml water

Instructions

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Mix 1 tsp Mexican spices with some salt and pepper to taste and rub this generously over the 600 g pork fillet. Finely chop 2 cloves garlic and prepare all other ingredients.

Cooking

Melt 15 g butter in a frying pan over medium heat and briefly sauté the garlic until it starts to smell fragrant. Stir in 2 tsp honey and 0.5 tsp ginger powder. Add the seasoned pork fillet and sear it all around until the meat is nicely golden brown - about 5 minutes. Watch carefully that the honey does not burn: lower the heat if necessary.
Place the meat with the sauce in an oven dish and put it in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.

To serve

Take the dish out of the oven and place the meat on a plate. Cover with aluminum foil and let it rest for a while. Meanwhile, add 180 ml water to the remaining roasting juices in the oven dish and stir well. Pour this into a saucepan and let it simmer gently for 5 minutes until the sauce has thickened slightly.
Slice the pork fillet, place it on a dish, and spoon the warm sauce over it. Delicious with mashed potatoes, grilled vegetables, or oven-baked potatoes.

Notes

If you find the honey on this Mexican pork fillet too sweet, replace the honey with maple syrup for a different sweet touch. Also delicious with grilled vegetables or mashed potatoes as a side dish.

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