Pork tenderloin with apples features tender pork cutlets with cooked apples, drizzled with a lovely apple cider sauce. Delicious!
This recipe for Pork Tenderloin With Apples And Apple Cider Sauce has FALL written all over it! It’s surprising how well pork and apples go together! My husband and I had dinner recently at a friend’s home. Our friend Shari prepared a wonderful meal for us and it was FANTASTIC! It was absolutely delicious, and a wonderful recipe that was perfect for a cool, Fall evening.
This week we have a friend (a friend for 40 years) staying with us in our home. Her first night here, I decided to try making this recipe for our own dinner. I found the original recipe online at Epicurious, and prepared it for us. Miracle of miracles, it turned out GREAT (guess even little old me can’t hurt a good recipe, right?)
The original recipe from Bon Appétit, calls for Calvados, which is an apple brandy from France. I didn’t have any, and didn’t want to go buy an entire bottle for the small amount needed, so I substituted dry white wine (which I did have), and it turned out fine, as well. I followed the rest of the instructions as written, and was very pleased with the results (as was our guest).
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How To Make Pork Tenderloin With Apples
Pounding pork slices out with a meat mallet is a great stress reliever, yes? This helps to tenderize the pork.
Peel and slice Golden Delicious apples, then they are ready to cook.
Apple slices are cooked in butter in a large skillet.
When the apples are light golden brown, they are removed from the skillet.
Cooking The Pork Cutlets
Cook the pork tenderloin cutlets are cooked in a large skillet in melted butter for a few minutes on each side. This will pan-sear and brown them.
Halfway through the cooking time, flip the pork cutlets to the other side to finish cooking. They are so thin, they only need to cook a few minutes on each side.
Preparing The Apple Cider Sauce
After removing the cooked pork cutlets, make an apple cider sauce in the same skillet. Use wine or Calvados to deglaze the skillet, then add shallots and thyme to the mixture.
Pour apple cider and whipping cream into the sauce and stir to fully incorporate them. By now the apple cider sauce is looking and smelling delicious!
Serve The Pork Tenderloin With Apples And Apple Cider Sauce
Now it’s time to serve the pork tenderloin! Place the pork tenderloin cutlets in the middle of a large serving platter. Surround it with the cooked apples, then spoon some of the apple cider sauce over the pork cutlets before serving.
We usually serve a couple of slices of the pork tenderloin per person. Spoon any leftover sauce on top of the pork and then serve, accompanied by apples on the side.
We really enjoy this dish when it’s served with mashed potatoes on the side (with some of the sauce on top). A good salad also goes well with this meal. Serve immediately while hot and dig in!
I hope you will give this wonderful meal a try, because it is really good. It’s a recipe I will definitely make again and again, because it’s simple to make, and is full of flavor!
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- Creamy Honey Dijon Pork Chops
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- Sweet and Sour Pork
- Maple Orange Pork Tenderloin
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Recipe Slightly Adapted From: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Pork-with-Apples-Calvados-and-Apple-Cider-1797
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Pork tenderloin with apples features tender pork cutlets with cooked apples, drizzled with a lovely apple cider sauce. Delicious!
- 1 lb. pork tenderloin , cut into 1 inch thick slices
- Salt & pepper (to season pork)
- 5 Tablespoons butter
- 3 medium Golden Delicious apples , (peeled, cored, sliced into 1/3 inch thick slices)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 2 large shallots , chopped
- 1 Tablespoon fresh thyme , chopped (or use 1 teaspoon dried)
- 1/4 cup Calvados or other apple brandy (I substituted 1/4 cup dry white wine)
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup apple cider (not apple juice)
- Put the pork slices between two sheets of plastic wrap. Pound them out, one at a time, until they are about 1/4 inch thick. Set aside.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt 2 Tablespoons of butter. Add the apple slices, then sprinkle the slices with the sugar. Saute the apple slices until they are golden brown, on both sides (approximately 5-6 minutes). Remove apples from skillet and set aside. Cover and keep warm.
- Add 2 Tablespoons butter back into the large skillet. Melt butter over high heat. Season the pork with salt and pepper. Add pork slices to the hot skillet. Cook the slices until they are lightly browned and cooked through (about 3 minutes per side). Cook pork in batches, if necessary. Once pork has cooked through on both sides, remove to a platter, cover and keep warm. DO NOT CLEAN SKILLET OUT!
- Melt 1 Tablespoon butter over medium heat in the same skillet you cooked the pork in. Add the chopped shallots and thyme; saute these for 2 minutes.
- Add the Calvados (if using) or the white wine to the shallots, butter and thyme. Boil until the liquid is reduced to a glaze like consistency, scraping up the browned bits into the sauce as you go.
- Stir in the apple cider and whipping cream. Cook until the mixture thickens to sauce consistency (about 2-3 minutes). Lightly season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Reheat the apples in another skillet or microwave, if necessary.
- Place pork slices on platter. Spoon the sauce over the top of the pork slices. Top with the apple slices, or place the apple slices around the pork.
- Serve and enjoy. This dish is perfect with mashed potatoes on the side. Use some of the apple cider sauce on top (like gravy) of the mashed potatoes for a perfect entree!
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