Pork Tenderloin with Caramelized Pears is an elegant sumptuous praise worthy dish the fam will love. Moist flavorful pork with caramelized pears, so good!
Today I want to share with you this little gem of a recipe. It’s a delicious pork tenderloin recipe topped with caramelized pears. Pork tenderloin is a wonderful cut of meat that is flavorful, fairly low in fat, and easy to prepare. I love pears so this recipe always calls to me. As soon as I see pears in season at my local market, this recipe is one of the first things I prepare for them.
Pork Tenderloin with Caramelized Pears
Ingredients
- 2 Pork Tenderloins Trimmed, Silver Skin Removed
- 2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
- To Taste Salt
- To Taste Black Pepper
- 1 Tablespoons Butter
- 4 Pears Firm but Ripe, Peeled, Cored And Sliced Into 1/2 Inch Wedges
- 1 Teaspoon Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Shallots Finely Chopped
- 1 Teaspoon Dried Thyme
- 1/4 Cup Pear Schnapps
- 1 Cup Whipping Cream
- 1/3 Cup Pear Nectar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Make sure tenderloins are dry. Season both tenderloins generously with salt and pepper.
- In a large ovenproof pan add vegetable oil. Brown tenderloins on high to medium-high heat on both sides. Place pan in preheated oven for about 15 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 155 degrees.
- Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, melt butter and add pears over medium heat. Sprinkle pears with sugar.
- Saute pears until they are tender and deeply golden, about 8 minutes. Set aside.
- Remove tenderloins to a platter and loosely cover with aluminum foil. Allow resting 10 minutes. Meanwhile, saute shallots and thyme in the pan that the tenderloins were cooked in, over medium heat until shallots are soft. Add pear schnapps; boil until reduced to a glaze, scraping up all the brown bits, about 1-2 minutes. Add cream and pear nectar; boil until thickened to a sauce consistency, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add pears to the sauce.
- Slice pork and arrange on a platter. Pour pear sauce over pork and serve. YUM!!!
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Recipe Notes: The original recipe suggests slicing the pork into individual pieces and browning them. I thought, why to bother. To me, it seems like a whole heck of a lot of extra work and increases the chances of easily drying out this beautiful piece of meat. Keeping the tenderloin whole in this recipe works out beautifully.
This recipe is fairly easy to prepare as a weeknight meal but it is definitely worthy of company or a special occasion. My family loves it so much….. I generally make two tenderloins for a family of four!
Source: Adapted Epicurious
keri says
This looks so wonderful and delicious. I love the caramelized pears that you added!
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Foodycat says
That sounds wonderful! I think you made the right decision, not cutting it into medallions.
The Food Hunter says
Pork and pears sounds great.
Mireya says
Yum, this looks so good!
Katy ~ says
Kathleen, these sounds like an outstanding recipe. Pears and pork sounds like a perfect pairing. I have got to try this!! Thank you so very much. Your adaptions are spot on!
vickys says
This looks terribly tempting! I love the idea of using the sweetness of fruit to lift a dish! Especially one that could potentially be quite heavy! 🙂 Awesome!
Barbara says
Super idea with the caramelized pears. And I actually have some pear brandy that I'm sure I can substitute.
Love using fruits with meat…
theUngourmet says
Pear Schnapps sounds amazing in this! Nice recipe!
Stella says
I have to admit that I don't eat much pork these days. When I did though, I loved it with some stone fruit or apples. Your recipe with pears sounds wonderful!
Chef Fresco says
This looks dank!
The Short (dis)Order Cook says
Beautiful dish. You can't go wrong with pork, fruit, cream, and booze!
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Joanne says
I like pears well enough but my favorite part of this has to be the schnapps. Seems like a great dish!
Melissa says
I love pork with fruit, so I will definitely be trying this sometime soon! Thanks!
5 Star Foodie says
I love your pairing the pork tenderloin with caramelized pears, fantastic flavors!
Sharon says
Love pork tenderloin, we cook it a lot over here. I agree about just cooking the whole thing.. what a time saver! Love the pears sweet but not to sweet.
Lori says
That looks so delicious! I love pork tenderloin. So versatile.
Fresh Local and Best says
The liqueur truly give an interesting twist to this recipe.
YouEnjoyMyself says
this looks great! any suggestions for a side dish?
TKW says
This sounds and looks delicious. I love pork tenderloin!