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Pork Scaloppine with Lemon

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Background

Scaloppine are thin Italian slices of meat cooked quickly and finished with a pan sauce. Pork loin makes an inexpensive, tender version when pounded evenly.

Ingredients

  • 600 g pork loin, cut into 8 thin slices
  • Salt, pepper, and 60 g flour
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 40 g butter
  • 120 ml chicken stock
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • Chopped parsley

How to cook

  1. Pound pork to 5 mm, season, and dust with flour.
  2. Sauté in oil for about 2 minutes per side, until it reaches 63°C; remove.
  3. Reduce stock and lemon in the pan. Swirl in butter, return pork briefly, and add parsley.

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