Pork Medallions In Tarragon Sauce Food

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH TARRAGON-MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F.
• In small bowl, stir together creme fraiche, mustard and tarragon.
• Sprinkle pork tenderloins with salt and pepper.
• Heat large skillet over medium hig heat until hot.
• Add oil; heat until hot.
• Cook pork 4-6 minutes or until browned, turning once.
• Place pork in shallow roasting pan.
• Place same skillet over high heat.
• Add wine; bring to a boil, scraping up browned bits from bottom of skillet.
• Pour wine mixture around pork in roasting pan.
• Brush pork with 2 Tbs of the mustard mixture.
• Bake 15-25 minutes or until internal tem reaches 145 Deg.
• Place on serving platter, cover loosely with foil Place roasting pan over low heat.
• Whisk remaining mustard mixture into pan juices.
• Slice tenderloin into medallions; pour sauce over pork.

PORK MEDALLIONS IN TARRAGON SAUCE

Steps:

• Cover pork slices with Dijon mustard. Brown pork in the butter and reduce heat; cook until no longer pink (5 minutes). Remove to heated platter. Add beef broth and tarragon to drippings, stirring to scrape brown bits loose. Simmer until 1/2 has evaporated. Add half-and-half and pepper, and simmer and stir until slightly thick. Pour sauce over pork. Serve with buttered spinach noodles. May also use lamb chops.

PORK MEDALLIONS WITH MUSTARD-CHIVE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt 1 tablespoon butter with 1 tablespoon oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add leeks and cook until beginning to turn golden, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes. Stir in broth, wine, and garlic. Boil until mixture is reduced to 1 2/3 cups, about 4 minutes. Whisk in crème fraîche and mustard; set aside. (Sauce can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.) Melt 1 tablespoon butter with 1 tablespoon oil in another large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Sauté until browned and cooked, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer pork to platter. Add sauce to skillet; simmer sauce over medium heat until slightly thickened, scraping up any browned bits, about 2 minutes. Stir in chopped chives and tarragon. Season with salt and pepper.
• Return pork to skillet. Cook over medium heat just until rewarmed, stirring frequently, about 1 minute. Transfer to platter, sprinkle with parsley, and serve.

PORK MEDALLIONS WITH MUSTARD AND BOURBON SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a large heavy-based pan over a high heat. Lay the pork medallions in the pan and cook, without turning, for 2-3 minutes until golden-brown. (You may need to brown the pork in batches to avoid overcrowding the pan.)
• Add the butter to the pan then turn the medallions over and cook for 1-2 minutes until browned on the other side. Transfer the pork to a warm plate and set aside.
• Pour the Bourbon into the pan to deglaze, using a wooden spoon to scrape up any flavoursome brown bits stuck to the bottom of pan.
• Tip in the onion and garlic, reduce the heat to medium and sweat for 5 minutes, without colouring, until softened and translucent.
• Turn the heat back up to high, pour in the chicken stock and the soaked pearl barley and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer vigorously for 15-20 minutes or until the volume of liquid has reduced by half.
• Pour in the cream and whisk in the mustard. Season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper then stir in the additional tablespoon of Bourbon and the chopped tarragon.
• Tip the pork medallions into the sauce, along with any juices on the plate, and simmer for 2-3 minutes until heated through.
• Serve with steamed seasonal vegetables.

ROAST PORK LOIN WITH TARRAGON CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
• With the tip of a sharp knife, cut slits 3/4 inch (2 cm) deep all over the pork loin. Insert the garlic slivers into the slits. Sprinkle the meat generously with salt and pepper and place in a roasting pan.
• Roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the loin away from the bone registers 135°-140°F (57°-60°C) for medium, about 55 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board, tent with aluminum foil, and let rest while you make the sauce.
• In a sauté pan over low heat, melt the butter. Add the shallot and sauté slowly until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the broth and let cook until almost totally evaporated, about 5 minutes. Whisk in 2 tablespoons of the mustard and the cream and simmer until the sauce is slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons of the tarragon and season with salt and pepper. Taste and adjust the seasoning with more mustard or tarragon. Remove from the heat and keep warm.
• To serve, carve the pork roast into single chops with the bone and arrange on a warmed platter or individual plates. Spoon the sauce over the chops.
• Enriching sauces
• Enriching, or finishing, a sauce with cream adds a bit more fat, but it gives the sauce a luscious, velvety quality. Always use heavy (double) cream for this step. Its high fat content keeps it from curdling at high temperatures.

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.

MEDALLIONS OF LAMB WITH LEEKS AND TARRAGON SAUCE

Steps:

• If any fat remains on the loin of lamb pieces after they are trimmed, carefully cut it away. Place each loin of lamb on a flat surface and cut crosswise into four pieces of equal size. This will yield eight pieces.
• Place each piece upright (grain side up) and pound lightly with a flat mallet. The flattened pieces will measure about half an inch thick. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Trim off stems of the leeks. Cut leeks crosswise into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Cut each piece lengthwise into very thin shreds (julienne). Put leeks in a saucepan and add 2 tablespoons of the butter, salt and pepper.
• Cook leeks over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, about one minute. Add 1/4 cup of the chicken broth and cover. Continue cooking about 10 minutes. Add cream and cook, uncovered, about three minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a heavy skillet and add medallions of lamb. Cook about two minutes over relatively high heat until browned. Turn pieces and continue cooking about four to five minutes to the desired degree of doneness. Transfer pieces to a warm platter.
• Pour off fat from the skillet and wipe skillet with paper towels. Add remaining tablespoon of butter to the skillet. When it is hot add shallots and cook briefly, stirring. Add wine, chicken broth and tomato paste. Stir. Add any liquid that may have accumulated from the lamb pieces. Cook the sauce, stirring, until it is reduced to one-half cup. Stir in tarragon.
• Spoon sauce over meat. Serve with leeks in cream sauce on the side.