I don’t mind cooking, I really don’t. In fact, I actually enjoy it more often than not. There are just certain meals though that take a bit more planning, time and patience. This is one of those meals. Pork Medallions with Pancetta and Fennel is one of our favorite meals and I try to make it at least once or twice a year. It is not the healthiest meal, but it is a delicious one!
*Note – I used two packages of pork and two packages of pancetta to have left overs, you can cut this in half if you only want one meal –
What You Need
pork- cut into one inch pieces – I used two packages. I prefer to buy the thinnest cut that I can find. Boneless and skinless.
pancetta sliced into small pieces- I purchased two packages of this. Usually it is located in the deli refrigerator at the store where the special cheeses are. You can also find this at the deli counter if it is not pre-packaged at your grocery store.
fennel – This can be found in the produce aisle. I have never seen it at Target but Whole Foods and Publix almost always have it.
onion – I slice about 1/4 of an onion into very thin pieces for flavoring
1 cup heavy whipping cream
4 tbsp lemon juice
2 cloves garlic
1 tbsp olive oil
1/4 to 1/2 cup flour
pinch of black pepper
pinch of salt
What You Do
I like to go ahead and get everything prepped/chopped up front. These might seem like a lot of steps, but some take much less time than others!
1. Cut up your pork into one inch pieces and lay them out on wax paper.
2. Cover the pork that is laid out with wax paper and use a meal mallet (on the flat side, duh!) to flatten the pork into medallions.
3. Combine flour, salt and pepper in a shallow bowl. Now coat pork with the flour mixture.
4. In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium high heat, cook half of the pork at a time. Remove all pork when done.
5. In same skillet cook pancetta until crisp. Add fennel, onion and garlic and cook for another 5 minutes.
6. Add lemon juice and heavy cream and bring to a boil.
7. Return meat to the pan, mix and heat until sauce is slightly thickened and heated through.
Enjoy! I usually serve this with homemade mashed potatoes and green beans.
Tip – Don’t know what fennel is? Sometimes it is hard to ask for help because people have no clue what it is! It is a bulb type veggie and looks like this:
That is about one bulb (to me) and I just cut up some pieces of the “stick” part and also use some pieces of the leafy looking part as well. It really has a delicious flavor with foods.
21 Comments
This looks incredible!! I love pancetta but don’t cook with it nearly enough!! Thanks for sharing this girl! xo, Biana – BlovedBoston
Delicious! I love pork and pancetta.
I love that you explained (AND SHOWED) what fennel is. I often skip over recipes if I have no idea what something looks like or where to find it in the produce aisle because I don’t want to be the idiot who has to ask! haha! This looks delish!
Ummmmmmmmm my mouth is watering……anything that involves bacon and cream I am totally down with!
Uhhhhh….holy creamy goodness!! Yes please!! This looks awesome!!
Oh YUM! This looks delicious! I’n the same way with cooking, I don’t mind it but if it’s too involved of a recipe it only happens a few times a year!
Girl, I get down with some fennel and pork! They are so good! I love the slightly licorice taste that fennel has. I love to slice the bulb (take out the core) like an onion and add it to salads or pasta.
I read this thinking, “I’ll probably figure out what ‘pancetta’ is by the end” but I still have no clue. Help! Onion? Cheese? Meat? Gourmet chef I am not.
YUM!YUM! and YUM!!!!!!
This looks delicious!! I usually stick to chicken or turkey so maybe I’ll try this recipe and branch out to pork 🙂 Stopping by from the link up!
oommgggg this looks amazingggg!
So glad you shared this, I love pork and pancetta! Yum!
DUDE – Seriously – DUDE.
That sounds AMAZEBALLS
This looks fabulous. This would be great for a dinner party. It looks very impressive and tasty.
not gonna lie, it looks way too complicated for me lol. but it does look yummy 😉
Oh my goodness gracious, I need to make this!
I’ve never made anything like this, it looks so good!
OMG YUM!! How can you go wrong with pancetta? Definitely pinning this!!!
This looks amazing! So fancy and yummy 🙂
Looks so yummy!
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