Filetto in Crosta

Name: Filetto in Crosta
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 8 slices of long pancetta; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 1 long pork fillet, about 500 g (1 lb 2 oz); 1 loaf ciabatta/baguette type bread

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Limoncello and Linen Water

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2012

About

I love this with Chilli & red pepper jam and Salt & balsamic vinegar sautéed potatoes. It is best when the meat is just cooked, still a bit rose-coloured inside. Choose a loaf of bread of similar size to the pork.

Ingredients

1 loaf ciabatta/baguette type bread
2 heaped tablespoons rosemary & sage salt
4

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Halve the bread horizontally. If there is a lot of soft bread under the crusts, pluck out a little. Put most of the herbed salt on a board with 2 tablespoons<