Strawberries With Spanish Sherry Recipes

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH LIGHTLY SEARED STRAWBERRIES

Steps:

• Rub the pork generously with salt, pepper, and rosemary. Heat the olive oil in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the pork and cook until richly browned on all sides, about 6 minutes total. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook the pork, turning several times, until it is tender and an instant-read thermometer registers 155º, about 15 minutes. Transfer the pork to a cutting board and let it rest, covered with foil, while you prepare the strawberries and sauce. The internal temperature will rise as the meat stands. Set the skillet aside, you'll use it to make the sauce.
• Rub an unridged rimmed griddle pan or a large, heavy skillet with an oiled paper towel and heat until almost smoking. Add the strawberries and sear for about 45 seconds, turning once. They should be cooked until slightly softened but should not release too much juice.
• Add the chicken stock to the skillet in which the pork cooked and place it over medium-high heat, scraping the bottom to dislodge the brown bits. Cook until the stock is almost syrupy, about 3 minutes. Add the vinegar and 2 teaspoons of the sugar and continue cooking until the sauce is almost thick enough to coat a spoon, 3-5 minutes longer. After 1 1/2 minutes, taste the sauce and add more sugar to taste if it seems too tart.
• Cut the pork into slices and arrange them decoratively on dinner plates. Spoon some seared strawberries beside the meat and drizzle the sauce on and around the meat and strawberries. Sprinkle flaky salt over the pork and garnish it with chives. Serve at once.

STRAWBERRIES WITH SPANISH SHERRY

Steps:

• Set the washed strawberries [singly] in a non-reactive serving bowl.
• Place the water and sugar in a pot; add the cloves, cinnamon stick and vanilla bean (note: if using vanilla paste or extract see Step #4).
• Bring the mixture to a boil and then boil for about 5 minutes or until reduced by half. Add the Spanish sherry vinegar, bring back to a boil and boil another 1 minute.
• Move the simple syrup off the burner and stir in the orange zest and if using vanilla paste or extract add it, too. Let the flavors infuse for about 10 minutes then taste test. I liked the flavor best sweet with subtle acidity from the Sherry vinegar.
• Pour the simply syrup over the strawberries so that the *syrup covers most of the fruit. Cover and let sit for 30 minutes. *You will probably have extra simple syrup which can be used in lemonade, mixed with club soda, stirred into iced tea, etc.
• Stir the rosewater into the plain yogurt. Just before serving spoon the yogurt into individual dessert dishes. Spoon some of the infused strawberries and a little bit of the syrup over the yogurt. Garnish with orange zest.