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Warm roast pumpkin and bulgar wheat salad with maple-glazed pork

  • Hands-on time: 20 mins
  • Time to make: 45 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 800g pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and cubed
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 red capsicum, sliced into long strips
  • 2 red onions, peeled and cut lengthwise into quarters
  • 1 cup dried bulgar wheat
  • 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
  • ½ cup flour
  • 480g lean pork steaks
  • ⅓ cup hot water
  • 130g bag baby spinach
  • ground black pepper
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 200°C fan bake. Toss pumpkin in 1 tablespoon olive oil in a roasting dish and place in the oven for 10 minutes. Add capsicum and onions and bake for a further 10 minutes. Meanwhile prepare bulgar wheat according to instructions.

    2 Mix balsamic and 1 tablespoon of the maple/honey together and pour on to the roasted vegetables. Toss well and bake for a further 5 minutes, remove from oven and set aside to cool slightly.

    3 Meanwhile, heat a frying pan on a high heat with the remaining tablespoon of olive oil. Flour pork and cook until browned and cooked through. Add remaining1 tablespoon maple syrup and 1/3 cup of hot water to the pork and cook until it is glazed and sticky. Remove from the pan and set aside.

    4 Place spinach leaves, roasted vegetables and bulgar wheat into a large bowl and toss together gently. Season with plenty of cracked pepper and serve alongside the pork.

    Variations

    • Make it gluten free: Use buckwheat or quinoa instead of bulgar wheat.
    • Make it low FODMAP: Replace onion with green part of spring onion and bulgar wheat with quinoa. Use maple syrup instead of honey.

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