Asturian Fabada-Style Pork with Saffron, White Beans and Pumpkin-Seed Picada
A lighter weekday riff on Asturias' fabada — pork tenderloin medallions seared with smoked pimentón and saffron, simmered briefly with creamy fabes (white beans), and finished with a pumpkin-seed picada that lifts the dish with crunch and zinc.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cocción
- 25 min
- Total
- 35 min
- Porciones
- 1
Ingredientes
- 90g (raw)pork tenderloin, sliced into medallions
- 100g (cooked)white beans (fabes or cannellini), drained
- 20gpumpkin seeds, toasted
- 1small (50g)egg, soft-boiled
- 1tbsp (14g)extra virgin olive oil
- 2cloves (6g)garlic, finely chopped
- 1small (60g)yellow onion, finely diced
- 1tsp (3g)smoked sweet paprika (pimentón dulce)
- 1pinch (~0.05g)saffron threads
- 1(1g)bay leaf
- 1tbsp (4g)flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- 100mllow-sodium vegetable broth
- 1/4tsp (1.5g)sea salt
- 1/8tspblack pepper
Preparación
- 01
Toast the pumpkin seeds in a dry small skillet over medium heat for 2 minutes until they puff. Tip into a small bowl and reserve.
- 02
In the same skillet, warm the olive oil over medium. Add the diced onion and cook 6-7 minutes until soft and translucent.
- 03
Add the garlic, pimentón and saffron threads. Stir 30 seconds to bloom — the oil should turn deep red.
- 04
Push the aromatics to one side. Season the pork medallions with salt and pepper and sear them on the empty side, 90 seconds per face, until lightly browned.
- 05
Add the broth, bay leaf and white beans. Simmer 8 minutes uncovered, letting the liquid reduce by half and the saffron infuse.
- 06
Meanwhile, soft-boil the egg: lower into simmering water, cook 6 minutes, transfer to ice water, peel and halve.
- 07
Make the picada: chop the toasted pumpkin seeds with the parsley until coarse.
- 08
Discard the bay leaf. Plate the pork and beans, top with the soft-boiled egg halves, and shower with the pumpkin-seed picada.
Nutrición (por porción)
- Calories
- 528kcal
- Protein
- 31g
- Carbs
- 38g
- Fat
- 25g
- Fiber
- 8g
- Selenium
- 38mcg
- Zinc
- 6.4mg
- Iron
- 5.1mg
- B12
- 0.9mcg
- Iodine
- 18mcg
- Sodium
- 600mg