Receta Recipe of the Week - Pork Tenderloin on Poached Pears
Recipe of the Week – Pork Tenderloin on Poached Pears
December 22, 2014 at 5:28 pm
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This is the “sister” recipe to the Scallops on Poached Pears recipe that we served at the French dinner earlier this month. Because there are some out there, me included, that don’t eat fish of any kind; it was necessary to come up with a recipe that reflected my dinner “statement” for the carnivores among us. Substituting the pork tenderloins for the scallops proved to be just the right adjustment. Some at the dinner even choose to sample both appetizers.
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Pork Tenderloin on Poached Pears
Recipe Summary
Complexity:
Easy
Serves:
4
Category:
Appetizer
Meal:
N/A
2
medium
pears, red Bartlett
0.5
cup
sugar, granulated
1
medium
pork tenderloin
2
Tb
rice flour
3
Tb
oil, olive
1
Tb
butter, salted
2
pinch
salt and pepper to taste
8
medium
sage leaves
0.25
- cup
- wine, dry white
2
Tb
cognac
Peel the pears, cut in half and remove core with a spoon. Place pears in a sauce pan with the sugar and add enough water to cover half way up on the pears. Simmer for 15 – 20 minutes until just tender (turning over once during simmering). Remove pears to a plate, allow to cool and slice each half into 1/4 inch thick pieces. Reduce remaining water and sugar in pan by half and add the white wine.
Cut tenderloin into 3/4 inch disks. Salt and pepper disks. Add remaining salt and pepper to the rice flour and dredge the disks.
In a sauté pan heat the oil and butter until just shimmering, add the disks and cook for only 2 minutes, turn over and cook for 1 minute more. Remove pork to a plate and add the sage leaves, cook until crispy. Remove sage and add the reserved sugar water and wine to the pan, stir to combine to make a sauce.
To plate: Place 4 slices of the pears on a plate, forming 2 circles, add 2 disks to each circle, spoon some of the sauce and place sage leaves on top.
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