Cuban Roasted Pork Tenderloin With Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe 455

CUBAN ROASTED PORK TENDERLOIN WITH ROASTED SWEET POTATOES RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475°F. You will need an oven-proof skillet; I use my cast-iron skillet Pork: Mash garlic with 1/4 teaspoon salt to a paste. Add brown sugar, 1 tablespoon rum, zest, and 1/2 teaspoon each cumin and coriander; rub into pork. Vegetables: Combine 1 tablespoon oil, the rum and orange juice and toss with the salt, pepper and cumin. Toss with the sweet potatoes and onion. Set aside. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a 10-inch cast iron skillet (if you don't own one, use a heavy bottomed oven proof skillet) over medium high. Sear pork on one side until browned. Flip the pork and arrange the sweet potatoes and onion around it. Transfer the skillet to the oven and cook until an instant read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the pork registers 145F-150°F and sweet potatoes are fork-tender, 12 to 15 minutes. If desired, garnish the vegetables with some fresh cilantro. Let pork rest, then slice and serve. Tasting notes: I drizzled a little extra olive oil to the sweet potatoes in the last five minutes of roasting time, as they looked a bit dry. I also tossed them, a bit, for more even roasting. I added a squeeze of fresh lime to the pork, which added a little extra "zip" and some more Cuban flavors.

ROAST PORK AND SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Position a rack in the upper third of the oven; preheat to 450 degrees F. Pierce the pork all over with a fork. Combine the brown sugar, sage, garlic, 3/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of black pepper in a bowl; rub all over the pork.
• Toss the sweet potatoes and onion with 2 tablespoons olive oil and the cayenne on a baking sheet; season with salt and black pepper. Roast, tossing once, until golden, 20 minutes; set aside.
• Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the pork and cook, turning, until golden, 5 minutes; transfer to the baking sheet with the vegetables (reserve the skillet). Roast until the sweet potatoes are tender and a thermometer inserted into the center of the pork registers 145 degrees F, 11 to 13 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add the broth to the skillet; bring to a simmer over medium heat, scraping up any browned bits with a wooden spoon. Stir in the mustard, chives and a few grinds of black pepper. Slice the pork; drizzle with the pan sauce. Serve with the roasted vegetables.

ROAST PORK TENDERLOIN WITH SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 475 degrees F.
• Mash garlic with 1/4 teaspoon salt, pepper and ginger to form a paste.
• Place pork in a jelly-roll pan or large roasting pan; rub all over with garlic mixture.
• Toss sweet potatoes with 1 Tablespoon oil and 3/4 teaspoon more salt in a large bowl. Arrange potatoes in pan around the pork.
• Combine the brown sugar, vinegar, soy sauce and remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a small saucepan; brush some of the mixture over the pork. Roast pork and potatoes 10 minutes.
• eanwhile, bring remaining soy sauce mixture to a boil over high heat. boil until sauce is thickened, 5 minutes; remove from heat.
• Brush half the sauce over the pork and turn sweet potatoes. Rioast 5 minutes more until the sweet potatoes are tender and meast thermometer inserted in thickest part of pork registers 155 degrees F. (I find it takes my tenderloin closer to 20 minutes to reach that temperature).
• Cut pork into 3/4 inch thick slices. Arrange on a platter with sweet potatoes. Pout any pan drippings and remaining sauce over the pork.
• Makes 6 servings.
• I like to double the amount of sauce. because my family loves it so much!

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH ROASTED SWEET POTATOES AND PEARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Parboil potatoes to soften slightly.
• Spray baking dish with cook spray.
• Season the pork tenderloin on all sides with garlic salt and pepper.
• Add the pork tenderloins and surround with sweet potatoes and pears.
• drizzle oil over vegetables.
• Sprinkle rosemary and sage over pork tenderloin (I actually flip the tenderloins so that the herbs are on all sides).
• Cook in oven for 25-35 minutes.
• Let rest out of oven for 10 minutes before slicing.