Roast Pork Tenderloin With Cherry-Cranberry Glaze

Today’s Menu Idea

This beautiful dish takes the tartness of cherries and cranberries and sweetens them with brown sugar for a wonderfully fresh taste for the holidays. Serve the tenderloin sliced with a sweet spread of glaze and garnish with whole berries.

Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 15 Minutes
Cooking Time: 35 Minutes

Ingredients:

2 whole pork tenderloins (a total of about 1 1/2-2 pounds)
1 16-ounce can unsweetened tart cherries
Cherry-flavored juice
4 t. cornstarch
1/4 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. dried cranberries
1 t. yellow mustard

Steps:

Heat oven to 425°F. Season pork tenderloins with salt and pepper; roast in shallow roasting pan for 20-25 minutes. Pour glaze evenly over tenderloins during last 10 minutes of roasting time. Serve tenderloins sliced. Glaze: Drain cherries reserving juice. Add enough cherry-flavored juice to make one c.. In a small bowl stir cornstarch into 2 T. juice. In small saucepan combine cornstarch mixture with remaining juice cherries brown sugar and cranberries. Cook stirring until mixture boils and thickens; stir in mustard.

Cuisine:

American

Type of Dish:

Entree

Smithfield Product:

Portioned Pork

Serving Suggestions:

Serve with a fresh spinach salad and roasted red potatoes. Garnish with whole berries and cherries.

Nutritional information:

Per 3oz. serving:
Calories: 220
Sodium: 70 mg
Protein: 24 g
Cholesterol: 75 mg
Fat: 4 g
Sat. Fat: 2 g

Recipe and photo courtesy of National Pork Board. For more information about Pork. The Other White Meat®, visit our website www.otherwhitemeat.com