Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Jamaican Snapdragons
Recipe from Midwest Living

Top a delicious grilled pork tenderloin with warm fruit sauce that blends beautifully with the cinnamon and sugar rub.


Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Jamaican Snapdragons

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Servings: 4 servings
Prep Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 55 mins

 
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Ingredients
  • 3/4 cup
    apple juice or white grape juice
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  • 1/2 cup
    dark rum or apple or white grape juice
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  • 1/4 cup
    water
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  • 1/2 cup
    raisins
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  • 1/2 cup
    golden raisins
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  • 1/2 cup
    dried currants
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  • 1/2 cup
    dried cranberries or dried cherries
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  • 1 12- to 16-ounce
    pork tenderloin
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  • 4 teaspoons
    sugar
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  • 1/2 teaspoon
    kosher salt
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  • 1/4 teaspoon
    ground cinnamon
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  • 1 tablespoon
    olive oil
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  • 1 tablespoon
    water
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  • 2 teaspoons
    cornstarch
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Directions
1.
For sauce: In a medium saucepan, bring 3/4 cup apple juice, rum and 1/4 cup water to boiling. Remove from heat; stir in raisins, golden raisins, currants and cranberries. Set aside.
2.
Trim fat from pork. In a small bowl, combine sugar, salt and cinnamon. Brush tenderloin with oil. Sprinkle sugar mixture evenly over tenderloin; rub in with your fingers.
3.
For a charcoal grill, arrange hot coals around a drip pan. Test for medium-high heat above pan. Place meat on grill rack over pan. Cover; grill for 30 to 35 minutes or until a meat thermometer registers 155 degree F. (For a gas grill, preheat grill. Reduce heat to medium-high. Adjust for indirect cooking. Grill as above, except place pork on a rack in a roasting pan.) Remove pork from grill. Cover pork with foil and let stand for 10 minutes before slicing. (The meat's temperature will rise 5 degree F. during standing.)
4.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon water and cornstarch. Stir into raisin mixture. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more.
5.
To serve, slice pork diagonally. Fan out slices on a serving platter. Top with sauce. Makes 4 servings.

To roast tenderloin
Prepare pork as above, except place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Roast, uncovered, in 425 degree F. oven for 25 to 35 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted in center registers 155 degree F. Cover and let stand as above.

Nutrition information
Per serving: Calories 449, Total Fat 6 g, Saturated Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 55 mg, Sodium 285 mg, Carbohydrate 67 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 20 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 5%, Calcium 5%, Iron 15%. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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