Spanish Pork with Redskin Potatoes

Original Recipe


First off let me apologize for the poor photographs. I need better lighting. Next time I hope to do better. Might help if I don't use my iPhone to take the pictures. But I was in a hurry to eat because this looked so good. And it didn't disappoint. This was amazing. I didn't time myself but I don't think it was more than 30 minutes in all. 

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 redskin potatoes, cut into small pieces
• 1 zucchini, diced
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 3 tsp extra-virgin olive oil, divided
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 3/4 lb extra-lean ground pork
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 2 tbsp paprika (divided)
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 medium tomato, chopped
• Juice 1/2 lemon
• 1/2 tsp dried sage
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 oz goat cheese

The recipe said to boil the potatoes but I prefer mine roasted. So I tossed them with a little olive oil, salt, dried sage and dried thyme. I roasted them on 425 for about 20 minutes.  

While the potatoes were roasting, I set the pork (seasoned with salt and 1 tbl Paprika) to cook in a dutch oven. The original recipe says to add the pork later, after sautéing vegetables, and cooking it for 5 minutes. I want to know who has a stove that will cook ground meat thoroughly in 5 minutes.... Not mine.  So while it began to brown I chopped my zucchini, bell pepper, and tomato. I had already chopped an onion over the weekend and had it ready to go. I try to keep chopped onions on hand because I use them so much.  I added the zucchini, onions and garlic to the pork. A few minutes later I added the bell pepper, tomato, frozen corn and peas and lemon juice. One more tbl of paprika and it was ready for the best part. Goat cheese!  

My goat cheese "crumbles" turned out more like goat cheese powder. I decided to add it to the meat mixture as well as the potatoes. And I'm so glad I did. It really made the dish.  A little goes a long way.

Now I know the serving in the pictures looks huge but keep in mind I was also plating for Willa. She of course didn't even try it. All my years of picky eating are coming back to haunt me!