Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Balsamic Pork Tenderloin

All I have to say about this recipe is it is fast and delicious! I'm not a fan of most Rachel Ray dishes, but this one came from Rachel and I really like it. I took it to a church friendship dinner and it got rave reviews! Hint: Start your oven early because it can take a while to heat up to 500 degrees!

Ingredients
4 1/2 pounds pork tenderloins, 2 packages with 2 tenderloins in each package
4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
8 cloves garlic, cracked
Steak seasoning blend or coarse salt and black pepper
4 sprigs fresh rosemary leaves stripped and finely chopped
4 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves stripped and finely chopped
Directions
Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.

Trim silver skin or connective tissue off tenderloins with a very sharp thin knife. (I use my tomato knife for this as the blade is so thin and the serrated edge helps slice through the silver skin).

Place tender loins on a nonstick cookie sheet with a rim. Coat tenderloins in a few tablespoons of balsamic vinegar, rubbing vinegar into meat. Drizzle tenderloins with extra-virgin olive oil, just enough to coat. Cut small slits into meat and disperse chunks of cracked garlic cloves into meat. Combine steak seasoning blend or coarse salt and pepper with rosemary and thyme and rub meat with blend. Roast in hot oven 20 minutes.

Let meat rest, transfer to a carving board, slice and serve.

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