How To Make Pork Tenderloin Stuffed with Apples and Dried Fruit
Indulge yourself with a succulent plate of this pork tenderloin! It’s deliciously stuffed with a medley of fruits and served with a rich wine sauce.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½cupmixed dried fruit,coarsely chopped
- ¼cupfull bodied dry red wine
- 1tspunsalted butter
- 1granny smith apple
- ¼cuponion,finely chopped
- 3tbspwater
- salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1lbpork tenderloin
- 1tspvegetable oil
- ½cupchicken stock,or canned low sodium broth
Instructions
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In a small bowl, mix the dried fruit with the wine.
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Melt the butter in a large ovenproof skillet. Add the apple and cook over moderate heat for 3 minutes.
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Add the onion and cook, stirring, for about 7 minutes until softened. Add the water as the pan dries out.
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Drain the dried fruit, reserving the wine.
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Stir the dried fruit into the apple and onion in the skillet and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a plate to cool.
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Coarsely chop ½ cup of the fruit mixture and reserve it for making the sauce. Wipe out the skillet.
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Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
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Insert a sharpening steel or the handle of a wooden spoon into the thick end of the tenderloin. Carefully push the steel through the tenderloin and roll the meat to widen the hole slightly.
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Stuff the tenderloin with the fruit mixture and seal the ends with toothpicks.
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Heat the oil in the skillet. Season the meat with salt and pepper and brown it in the skillet over high heat, turning, for about 6 minutes.
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Transfer the skillet to the oven and roast the meat for 10 minutes.
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Transfer the meat to a cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes.
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Add the reserved wine to the skillet and cook over high heat, scraping up any browned bits, for about 2 minutes, until syrupy. Add the stock and cook for about 5 minutes until reduced by half.
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Stir in the reserved ½ cup of the fruit mixture and season with salt and pepper.
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Slice the tenderloin crosswise ½-inch thick.
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Serve with sauce, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 257.13kcal
- Fat: 6.76g
- Saturated Fat: 2.15g
- Trans Fat: 0.09g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.86g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.02g
- Carbohydrates: 21.05g
- Fiber: 3.22g
- Sugar: 13.53g
- Protein: 25.29g
- Cholesterol: 77.15mg
- Sodium: 571.89mg
- Calcium: 23.13mg
- Potassium: 772.16mg
- Iron: 2.20mg
- Vitamin A: 32.37µg
- Vitamin C: 1.76mg
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