Sauteed Pork Tenderloin With Shallot Tarragon Sauce Food

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH TARRAGON SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut whole pork tenderloin into 1 inch slices, trimming off excess fat, and dividing the entire amount into 8 equal pieces.
• Place meat on sheet of waxed paper. Sprinkle with salt and pepper; put another sheet on top of meat. With side of fist, pound to flatten slightly. Brush with mustard.
• Heat butter in heavy skillet or frying pan. Slowly brown meat on both sides over medium heat, cooking 5 minute on each side until pinkness disappears entirely.
• Remove meat onto heated platter. Keep warm.
• Sprinkle tarragon over bottom of pan; add beef broth and heat to boiling, whisking to scrape up brownings from bottom of pan. Boil 2 minute.
• Add cream. Boil, whisking, until reduced and thickened.
• Taste and add more salt and pepper, if desired.
• Pour sauce over cooked meat on platter. Serve immediately.

SAUTEED PORK TENDERLOIN MEDALLIONS

Steps:

• In a large skillet heat the oil. Add the medallions and saute them over high heat for 2 minutes a side to brown them. Lower the heat and continue to cook slowly for about 5 minutes or until just cooked through. Don't overcook or they will toughen. When done, remove the medallions to a serving plate.
• To the remaining oil add the cumin, turmeric and tomatoes and stir for a few seconds just to heat the tomatoes; season to taste with salt and crushed red pepper and spoon over the medallions.

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 TENDERLOIN WITH MERLOT-SHALLOT SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Coat pork with 1 1/2 tsp olive oil; rub with rosemary, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper.
• Heat a heavy, ovenproof skillet over high heat.
• Cook pork, turning often, until lightly browned on all sides, 5 minutes.
• Transfer skillet and pork to oven; roast until thermomether reads 150 degrees, about 10- 15 minutes.
• Transfer cooked pork to a platter; keep warm.
• Add remaining 1 1/2 tsp oil to same skillet.
• Heat over medium heat.
• Add shallots and garlic; cook, stirring until lightly browned, about 4 minutes.
• Add wine; cook over high heat until reduced by half, about 5 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium.
• Stir in stock concentrate and preserves.
• Add remaining 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper; adjust seasoning if necessary.
• Whisk in butter.
• Pour into a serving bowl.
• Slice pork into 1/4" slices and serve with sauce.

PORK MEDALLIONS WITH MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut tenderloin crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick pieces. Pound between sheets of waxed paper to thickness of 1/4 inch. Combine flour, salt and pepper in shallow dish. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Dredge pork in seasoned flour, shaking off excess. Add 1/3 of pork to skillet and sauté until brown and cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to platter and keep warm. Repeat with remaining pork in 2 more batches, adding 1 tablespoon butter to skillet for each batch.
• Add white parts of green onions to skillet. Sauté until just tender, about 1 minute. Stir in white wine and boil until liquid is reduced to 2 tablespoons, about 3 minutes. Add whipping cream and simmer until thickened to sauce, about 5 minutes. Whisk in 1/4 cup Dijon mustard. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over pork. Garnish tenderloin with remaining green onions and serve.

SAUTéED PORK TENDERLOIN WITH PRUNES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, pour the wine over the prunes and let soak for at least 1 hour or up to overnight.
• Trim the silver skin off the tenderloins. Cut the tenderloins into rounds about 3/4 inch thick. Season the rounds on both sides with salt and pepper.
• In a sauté pan just large enough to hold the rounds, heat the olive oil over high heat. When it smokes, add the pork rounds and brown, turning once, for about 3 minutes on each side, or until they feel firm to the touch. If they start to get too brown, turn down the heat. Transfer the pork rounds to a warmed platter and set aside in a warm spot. Pour the fat out of the pan.
• Drain the prunes, reserving the wine and prunes separately. Measure out 1/2 cup of the wine. Return the pan to high heat and add the 1/2 cup wine and the prunes. Deglaze the pan, scraping up any brown bits on the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon, then stir in the meat glaze, if using. Boil until the wine is reduced by about half; if you have added the glaze, the sauce will develop a lightly syrupy consistency. Add the cream and boil until reduced to a light sauce consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
• Arrange the pork rounds on warmed plates and spoon the sauce and prunes over the top.