Grilled Pork Medallions With Pasta Food

PORK MEDALLIONS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and fry the pork on each side for 2-3 mins until golden brown. Set aside on a plate.
• Melt the butter in the pan and, when foaming, fry the shallots and mushrooms over a medium heat for 10 mins. Add the garlic and cook for another 1 min. Stir through the flour and cook for another 2 mins. Whisk through the madeira and boil for 2 mins. Gradually stir through the stock until the sauce is lump free. Add the thyme and mustard and season to taste.
• Return the pork to the pan and simmer uncovered for 5-7 mins or until the pork is cooked through. Stir through the cream and heat again until simmering. Serve with creamy mashed potatoes and wilted greens.

PORK MEDALLIONS WITH FIG & PORT WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Place figs in a small microwavable bowl and cover with port. Cover the bowl and microwave on High for 3 minutes.
• Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, until soft and translucent, 4 to 6 minutes. Add broth, thyme, bay leaf and the fig-port mixture. Bring to a boil and cook until reduced by half, 10 to 12 minutes. Season with vinegar, 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Sprinkle both sides of pork medallions with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper and dredge lightly with flour, shaking off the excess.
• Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the medallions and cook until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Add the reserved fig-port sauce; bring to a simmer and cook until the pork is cooked, but still a little pink in the center, about 2 minutes. The sauce should be syrupy. If not, remove the medallions with a slotted spoon to a platter and tent with foil to keep warm. Boil the sauce until its reduced and syrupy. Discard the bay leaf. Serve the sauce over the medallions.

TUSCAN PORK MEDALLIONS

Steps:

• Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook pork in butter until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 145°; medium, 160°). Remove and set aside., In the same skillet, saute prosciutto in the drippings until browned. Add garlic and sage; cook 1 minute longer. Add vinegar, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan., Stir in cream; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Add tomatoes and pork; heat through. Sprinkle each serving with basil and cheese.

PORK TENDERLOIN MEDALLIONS WITH MARSALA SAUCE AND PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil for the pasta.
• When the water boils, add salt and cook the pasta to al dente; drain pasta.
• Meanwhile, slice each pork tenderloin into 2-inch pieces.
• Arrange the meat in batches between parchment paper and pound it into thin medallions, 1/8 inch thick.
• Season the meat with salt and pepper and dredge in the 1/2 cup flour to coat lightly.
• Heat a tablespoon or two of oil at a time in a large skillet over med-high heat and brown the medallions in batches for 2-3 minutes on each side.
• Keep the cooked meat on a platter.
• When the pork is finished cooking, add the butter to the skillet.
• Then add the mushrooms to the skillet and cook until golden brown, 7-8 minutes, adding the garlic to the pan after 3-4 minutes.
• Season the mushrooms with salt and pepper.
• Sprinkle the mushrooms with 2 tablespoons flour and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the Marsala to the pan and cook for a minute or so, until the wine is reduced by about half.
• Add the chicken stock to the pan and bring the sauce up to a bubble.
• Slide the meat back in and stir in the parsley.
• Remove the pork and arrange on a platter or dinner plates.
• Toss the cooked pasta with the remaining sauce and serve alongside.

PORK MEDALLIONS GRILLED WITH HERB MARINADE

Steps:

• Preheat grill.
• Pound pork slightly with mallet.
• In a flat dish, put oil, vinegar, salt and pepper to taste and stir to blend.
• Add rosemary and cumin and stir again.
• Add the pork slices and turn them in the marinade.
• Cover and set aside until ready to cook or put in the refrigerator and let it marinate for an hour or so.
• Add the medallions to the grill and cook 3-4 minutes on one side and then turn and cook 2-3 minutes on the other.
• Continue cooking, turning often for a total of 10 minutes.
• Transfer to a warm serving dish and brush with melted butter.

GRILLED PORK TENDERLOIN MEDALLIONS

Steps:

• Cut each tenderloin into 6 rounds.
• wrap bacon around each.
• Poke a hole all the way through the round with a skewer. Remove the skewer and replace it with a sprig of rosemary.
• Thread 3 tenderloin rounds onto a skewer, at right angle to the rosemary.
• Cover and refrigerate up to 24 hours.
• Mix mustard, vinegar, oil, salt & pepper.
• Brush on flat side of pork.
• Grill on med-high for 16-18 minutes.