Pork Tenderloin with Green Peppercorn Sauce
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 20 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Ingredients
  • 1 pork tenderloin
  • pepper and salt
  • olive oil
  • 200 ml heavy cream
  • 4 to 5 teaspoons organic chicken base (Kirsten uses
  • "Better Than Bouillon")
  • 200 ml water
  • cooking sherry
  • 1 jar peppercorns green, rinsed and drained
Instructions
  1. Preheat Convection oven to 400 F.
  2. Season tenderloin with salt and pepper; heat some olive oil in an oven proofed pan and fry the tenderloin from all sides until golden brown.
  3. Finish in the oven until the interior temperature measures 135 F. Remove from the oven, put on cutting board. Wrap in aluminum foil and let rest for 10 min. before cutting.
  4. In the meantime prepare the sauce in the pan you used for the pork tenderloin. Be very careful, the handle is hot! Put the pan over medium heat. Loosen all the browned leftover pieces on the bottom of the pan with a splash of the sherry. Add the cream, water, 3 teaspoons chicken base and peppercorns. Let the sauce simmer until it has a nice thicker consistency. You could also thicken the sauce with some corn starch.
  5. Season with salt, pepper and more chicken base to your liking.
  6. Slice the pork tenderloin and reheat it in the sauce for just a minute or two. Serve with Spätzle, rice or egg noodles.
Recipe by My Kitchen in the Rockies | A Denver, Colorado Food Blog at http://www.mykitchenintherockies.com/2012/03/14/pork-tenderloin-with-green-peppercorn-sauce/