Pork Medallions with Soft Apples and Sweet Potato Mash
Golden pork medallions in a syrupy apple-cider pan sauce, over creamy sweet potato mash with sweet peas.
Fits Celiac, Hashimoto's, PCOS and 8 more diets
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Ingredients
- 1 whole (about 500 g) pork tenderloin, trimmed, cut into 2 cm medallions
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 600 g sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into chunks
- ¼ cup lactose-free milk or any milk, for mashing
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 whole apple, peeled, cut into thin slices
- 0.33 cup apple cider
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 cup frozen green peas
- ½ tsp salt
Method
- Boil the sweet potatoes until a fork slides in easily.15 min timer
- Sear the pork medallions in olive oil over medium-high heat until deeply golden.4 min timer
- Set aside the kids' share, then add the apple slices to the pan.Kids’ plate comes out here
- Pour in the cider and mustard and simmer until the pork reaches 145°F and the sauce turns syrupy.5 min timer
- Mash the sweet potatoes with butter, milk and a pinch of salt until smooth.
- Simmer the peas for two minutes and serve everything piled warm.2 min timer
Kids’ plate: Pork coins and mash trees
On the plate: Sliced pork coins, smooth sweet potato mash, soft peas, the apple sauce spooned thin over the pork.
Make it a game: Plant the mash into little hills and stand the pork coins on top like a farm.
Set it aside at step 3, before the grown-ups’ sauce or spice goes on.
Why it works
- Celiac disease: Naturally gluten-free: the sauce thickens from cider and apples, no flour or stock.
- Toddler (1–3): Soft mash, tiny pork coins and sweet peas, all mild and easy to pick up.
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