Dinner Tonight: Jacques Pepin's Stuffed Pork Tenderloin

Name: Dinner Tonight: Jacques Pepin's Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams baby spinach or other cooking green such as Swiss chard; 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 567 grams large pork tenderloin (about , trimmed of fat or silverskin and butterflied; 177 milliliters grated cheddar cheese; 1 box grape tomatoes (about 1 1/2 pints); 4 Tbsps olive oil; 118 milliliters chopped onion; 1 teaspoons salt

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Dinner Tonight: Jacques Pepin's Stuffed Pork Tenderloin From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up onion, salt, cheddar cheese, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the onion you could follow this main course with the Candy Corn Cupcakes as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

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In 12-inch skillet, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium-high heat until shimmering.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add onion and cook briefly until beginning to soften, about 1 minute, then add spinach or other greens along with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Cover and cook until wilted, 2-10 minutes depending on ingredient, adding water if necessary to keep moist.

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Spinach

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Onion

Water

Remove lid and cook further, if necessary, until all moisture is evaporated.

Arrange half spinach mixture down center of pork tenderloin, top with cheese, and finish again with spinach. Fold in sides and roll tenderloin carefully to distribute filling evenly. Using butcher's twine or 2 1-inch strips of aluminum foil, wrap tenderloin at both ends to secure filling.

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Pork Tenderloin

Spinach

Cheese

Roll

Wrap

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Kitchen Twine

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Heat remaining oil in ovenproof skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Season pork with remaining salt and pepper and brown pork on all sides, turning carefully, about 5 minutes. If using foil, remove, then transfer to oven and bake 10 minutes, until pork is cooked but slightly pink in center.

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Salt And Pepper

Pork

Cooking Oil

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Remove and transfer pork to plate to rest.

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Pork

Add tomatoes to skillet along with a pinch of salt and 2 tablespoons of water and saute over high heat until just softened, 2-3 minutes, and pan drippings are reconstituted. Slice tenderloin and arrange tomatoes around it.

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