Pork Tenderloin Flambe With Pears |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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This is a really fun party dish, everybody wants into the act. You will have an audience, with a lot of kibitzing to flambe and the bonus is that it is a delicious impressive dish!! One of our favourite dinner parties. Serve with asparagus, and boiled/buttered/parselied baby potatoes. Ingredients:
2 pork tenderloin (1 1/4 lbs each) |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
4 teaspoons butter or 4 teaspoons margarine |
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice |
1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce |
3 -4 drops tabasco sauce |
1/3 cup brandy |
3 medium pears, peeled and quartered and cored |
Directions:
1. Cut tenderloins into 1 1/2 inch lengths Flatten each slice slightly with heel of hand Sprinkle salt over the bottom of a heavy (cast iron) frypan and place over moderately high heat.
2. When salt is hot, add meat Reduce heat to moderately low and brown, about 15 minutes Turn and brown on the other side, 10 minutes Add butter and let melt Mix lemon juice, worcestershire sauce and tabasco, pour over meat Heat brandy in a small saucepan, ignite with a match, be careful of eye lashes and hair!
3. Quickly pour over meat and rotate gently until flames die down.
4. Cover and simmer 5 minutes over low heat.
5. Arrange pears around meat and baste with sauce Cover and cook 5 minutes longer.
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