Saturday, November 19, 2011

Cranberries/Pork tenderloin/Apples-- I am in Heaven!

Ok, maybe not Heaven exactly ,but at least I am not in Hell trying to come up with healthy food in 20 minutes  or less. As I gear up for Thanksgiving I try to prepare meals that are time savers, but have the visual and taste appeal of a full blown production. Here we go: Ingredients:
Pork Tenderloin   about 21/2 lbs,  salt and pepper to taste 3tbl olive oil, 2tbl butter
1 small onion chopped, 2meduim apples peeled ,cored and cut into slices .1 cup of fresh cranberries, 2tbl sugar .
1/2 tea. dried rosemary or 1/4 sprig fresh, 1 tbl fresh lemon juice, about 1/4- 1/3cup of water
Oven 400. Wipe down pork, In large skillet, med - high  brown the Tenderloin in the 3tbl of olive oil.Season with salt and pepper to taste. Remove to baking dish ,place in oven. In same skillet, melt the 2tbl butter, add onion saute' till tender, add cranberries, and apples, sugar, rosemary, and  lemon juice and water, bring to boil, Partially cover,reduce heat ,simmer til tender and mixture thickens. Check Pork, thermometer should be at 155. Slice serve with apple /cranberries.  Serves 4 :)

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