BONELESS PORK TENDERLOIN - WITH APPLES, DATES AND BABY POTATOES

By akselden

Ingredients

• 2 1-lb. pork tenderloins
• 10 applewood-smoked bacon slices
• 1 T. olive oil
• 2 small onions, peeled, quartered
• 2 Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, quartered
• 12 baby Dutch potatoes or baby white-skinned potatoes (about 12 oz.) unpeeled
• 12 Medjool dates, pitted
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ground cumin
• 3/4 C. apples juice
• 1/4 C. water

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

1. Sprinkle tenderloins with salt and pepper. Wrap 5 bacon slices around each tenderloin, securing bacon with toothpicks. Tie kitchen string around bacon-wrapped tenderloins to secure. Remove toothpicks.

2. Preheat oven to 350*F. Heat oil in large ovenproof pot over medium heat. Add pork; cook until browned on all sides, turning often, about 12 minutes.

3. Transfer to platter. Add onions and apples to pot; saute until golden, about 5 minutes. Add potatoes, dates, garlic, cinnamon and cumin; stir 1 minute.

4. Return pork to center of pot. Add apple juice and 1/4 C. water; bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits. Sprinkle with salt & pepper. Cover and roast until pork is cook through and potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes.

5. Remove string from pork. Slice pork crosswise. Divide pork, onions, apples, potatoes, dates, and pan juices among plates.