Pork Fillet with Cranberry Port Sauce
Filed under: Dinner, Entertaining, Week-end
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ingredients
Pork fillets
- 2 Olymel fresh pork fillets
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt and pepper to taste
Cranberry port sauce
- ½ cup frozen cranberries
- 1 French shallot, minced
- 1 tbsp. butter
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 cup port
- 300 ml store-bought demi-glace sauce, made according to instructions on the package
- 1 sprig rosemary
- Salt and pepper to taste
instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- In a medium size bowl, add the olive oil, oregano, thyme, garlic and salt and pepper. Mix well.
- Place pork fillets in the bowl and let marinate 15 to 20 minutes.
- In an oven-safe pan, brown the pork fillets about 2-3 minutes on each side.
- Roast for about 15 minutes or until internal temperature of the meat reaches 145°F.
- Meanwhile, in a medium size sauce pan over low heat, melt the butter.
- Add the olive oil and French shallots. Sauté about 2 minutes.
- To the pan add the frozen cranberries. Cook for about 3 minutes.
- Add the port, the demi-glace sauce and the rosemary sprig. Mix well and let simmer about 7 minutes.
- When fillets are cooked, place them on a baking sheet equipped with a rack, tent loosely with aluminum foil and let stand 5 minutes.
- Slice fillets into rounds and drizzle over with the sauce.
- We suggest serving them with asparagus and mashed potatoes.
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