Seared Coffee Marinated Filet of Pork with Salad of Cucumber and Nuts

(For 1 portion)

Coffee marinated filet of pork:

• ½ filet of pork

For the coffee marinade:

• 2 tbsp ground coffee
• 1 tbsp table salt 
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp paprika powder
• 1/3 tbsp ground white pepper
• 1 tbsp ground cumin

Cucumber salad:

• Cucumber
• Shiso Purple
• Olive oil

Coffee Dressing:

• 1 tbsp white onion, chopped
• 150ml rapeseed oil 
• 25g coffee 
• ½ tbsp cider vinegar 
• 1 tbsp golden syrup 

For the Coffee Marinade:

• Mix all ingredients together and roll the pork filet into the marinade. Leave to rest for one hour and cook in a non-stick pan. Leave to rest for 10 minutes and serve with a coffee dressing.

Cucumber Salad:

• Make some tagliatelle (finely sliced cucumber made with mandolin or potato peeler) with the cucumber and toss in roasted cumin seed and olive oil.
• Season to taste and sprinkle a punnet of chopped Shiso Purple cress over the salad.

Coffee Dressing:

• Chop the onions very finely. Crush the coffee beans in a mortar with a pestle until large granules form.
• Sweat the onions and coffee slowly in the rapeseed oil. Blend and pass through a chinois.
• Finish the dressing by mixing in the golden syrup and cider vinegar.

Recipe: Franck Pontais