Pork Tenderloin With Cumberland Sauce Food

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH CUMBERLAND SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat 2 tsp oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Season pork lightly with salt and pepper and cook for 4 to 5 minutes per side, or until brown on the outside and no longer pink but still juicy inside.
• Transfer to plates or a platter and keep warm.
• Add remaining 1 tsp oil to the skillet.
• Add onions or shallots and cook, stirring, until softened, about 30 seconds.
• Add wine and bring to a boil, stirring.
• Boil for 5 to 6 minutes, or until reduced to about 1/3 cup.
• Dissolve cornstarch in lemon juice and whisk into the sauce.
• Cook, stirring, until thickened and glossy.
• Remove from heat and stir in jelly, sugar and mustard.
• Taste and adjust seasonings with more salt and pepper, if needed.
• Spoon the sauce over the pork.
• Serves 2 with side dishes, and doubles easily.
• Note from Julie: I used black-currant jelly and the sauce was wonderful. I wouldn't describe it as sweet-and-sour - you'd have to taste it for yourself to know what I mean. But I used this recipe the first time I ever cooked pork tenderloin and it's become a recipe I use again and again as a favorite!
• Posted to Gail's Recipe Swap by Liz LA, who got it from Eating Well Magazine.

MUSTARD FENNEL PORK LOIN WITH CUMBERLAND PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Roast pork:
• Discard center stem from bay leaves, then crumble leaves into grinder and pulse with kosher salt and fennel seeds until bay leaves are finely chopped.
• Discard any strings from loin if tied. Arrange loin, fat side up, lengthwise on a work surface. Holding knife horizontally, make a lengthwise cut about 1 1/2 inches deep along side of loin (do not cut all the way through). Open loin like a book, then pat dry inside and out. Rub 1 tablespoon mustard all over cut sides, then sprinkle with 1 teaspoon seasoned salt. Close loin and tie crosswise at 1-inch intervals with string. Rub olive oil evenly over roast, then rub with remaining mustard and sprinkle with remaining seasoned salt, pressing lightly to help adhere. Oil roasting rack, then transfer pork, fat side up, to rack set in roasting pan and marinate, loosely covered and chilled, at least 12 hours.
• Let pork stand at room temperature 30 minutes before roasting.
• While pork comes to room temperature, put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F.
• Roast pork 25 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 325°F and continue to roast until thermometer inserted diagonally 2 inches into center of meat registers 145°F, 35 to 45 minutes. Transfer pork to a platter (reserve roasting pan) and let stand, uncovered, 25 minutes.
• Make sauce while pork stands:
• If there is fat in roasting pan, skim all but 1 tablespoon. Straddle roasting pan across 2 burners, then add 1/2 cup water and deglaze pan by boiling over high heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits, 1 minute. Add Port and boil 1 minute. Add orange and lemon juices, jelly, ginger, and salt, and cook, whisking, until jelly is dissolved. Whisk together remaining tablespoon water and cornstarch in a cup, then add to pan and boil, whisking, 1 minute. Remove from heat and whisk in butter, then pour sauce through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl.
• Discard string from pork. Slice pork and serve with sauce and cracklings.
• *Available at some supermarkets, some specialty foods shops, and Niman Ranch (866-808-0340; nimanranch.com).

CUMBERLAND SAUCE

Steps:

• Blanch the rind in boiling water.
• Combine jelly, wine, juice, mustard, and ginger (reserve 3 tbs of the orange juice) and bring to a boil.
• Combine cornstarch with reserved juice and add to boiling mixture.
• Add lemon, cayenne, salt, and pepper and cook, stirring, until thickened.
• Strain the sauce and add the blanched orange rind.