Recipe: Pork Tenderloin with Honey Mustard Sauce
By: The CIA’s Gourmet Meals in Minutes (Lebhar-Friedman Books, 2004)
Serve with green beans or gourmet mixed lettuce salad.
Ingredients:
•2 (1 1/2-pound) pork tenderloins
•2 tablespoons vegetable oil
•2 garlic cloves, minced
•2 tablespoons minced shallots
•1 tablespoon tomato paste
•2 tablespoons whole-grain mustard
•2 tablespoons honey
•2 1/2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
•1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
•1/2 teaspoon salt
•1 teaspoon black peppercorns, crushed
•1 1/3 cups vegetable or chicken broth
Method:
1.Heat oven to 425 degrees. Place a rack in a roasting pan, lightly coat with cooking spray, and place in oven. Remove any excess fat or silverskin from tenderloins, and season with salt and pepper. Heat vegetable oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sear meat until it is golden brown on all sides, approximately 5 minutes. Remove tenderloins and place on rack in roasting pan. Roast to 155 degrees for slightly pink. This will take approximately 15 minutes.
2.Meanwhile, in same pan used to brown tenderloins, add garlic and shallots, and cook over medium heat until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add tomato paste, scraping up browned bits from bottom of pan. Sauté until tomato paste has slightly browned. Add mustard, honey, vinegar, thyme, salt, pepper, and broth. Bring to boil, then simmer until mixture reduces to a sauce consistency, about 10 minutes. Keep warm.
3.Remove tenderloins from oven and let stand 5–10 minutes, loosely covered with foil, before slicing. Carefully skim and discard fat from pan juices. Pour degreased pan juices into sauce. Bring sauce to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until slightly reduced. Slice tenderloins and serve with warm honey-mustard sauce.