Pork & mash gratin

Ingredients
- 800g potatoes
- 400g piece of higher-welfare pork fillet
- 2 sprigs of fresh sage
- 40g Cheddar cheese
- 4 slices of higher-welfare prosciutto
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the grill to high.
- 2
Wash the potatoes, chop into 3cm chunks, then cook in a large pan of boiling salted water with the lid on for 12 minutes, or until tender.
- 3
Meanwhile, put a shallow casserole pan on a high heat.
- 4
Season the pork with sea salt and black pepper, then place in the pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and sear for 3 minutes, turning regularly, while you pick the sage leaves.
- 5
Remove the pork to a plate, toss the sage leaves into the fat in the pan for just 5 seconds, then scoop on to a plate, leaving the pan off the heat to use again.
- 6
Drain the spuds, tip into the casserole pan, grate over half the cheese, add 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil and mash well, loosening with a splash of water, if needed.
- 7
Taste, season to perfection, and spread out to the edges. Grate over the remaining cheese, sit the pork on top, then gratinate under the grill for 10 minutes.
- 8
Lay the prosciutto around the pork in waves, sprinkle over the crispy sage, then grill for 2 more minutes, or until the pork is cooked to your liking.
- 9
Rest for 2 minutes, then slice the pork and dish up.




