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I'm trying a new recipe tonight for crockpot pork tenderloin using Montmorency cherries. I found the recipe online but it had no reviews and I'm a bit nervous. I bought a big bag of these dried cherries at COSTCO months ago not knowing what I was going to do with them and only recently found them tucked away where I had forgotten about them. I've looked at lots of recipes and many include Montmorency cherry juice as well but I don't want to buy something else not knowing how to even use these.
I can use them in appetizers, baked goods and with savory. Thank you.
If you ever want to use Montmorency cherries for dessert, look up "Simca's Chocolate Cherry Cake." Simone Beck (Simca) is co-author of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Chicken Montmorency is good, but I've never had it prepared with dried cherries. Most recipes rely on having the juice to prepare a sauce.
Do you suppose if I soaked the dried cherries in some water I could get some juice? I like a recipe which calls for only 1/4 cup of dried cherries but 1 cup of cherry juice. I'm betting that juice is hard to find?
Do you suppose if I soaked the dried cherries in some water I could get some juice? I like a recipe which calls for only 1/4 cup of dried cherries but 1 cup of cherry juice. I'm betting that juice is hard to find?
The juice is fairly easy to find (tart cherry juice). You can buy the cherry juice and reconstitute the cherries in that. That way, if you don't like the recipe, you can always drink the juice.
Pork Tenderloin with Montmorency Cherries and Balsamic Vinegar
pork tenderloin- 1.5 lb-best to get meat to room temp
S&P
Oil
2-3 shallots or mild onion
3-4 cloves garlic or to your preference
1/2 jar (cup) cherry preserves
1/4-1/2 Cup dried cherries
3-4 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2-3 tablespoons brown sugar
1. two turns around the skillet with oil- while it gets hot S&P the entire piece of pork then brown all over in hot oil
2. transfer pork only to slow cooker or roasting pan if you want to do this in the oven- save oil
3. saute onions/shallots in remaining oil till translucent- add minced garlic for 1 minute-don't burn- using slotted spoon transfer to pork in cooker
4. turn off heat, wipe pan clean, mix preserves, cherries, vinegar, sugar and add to pork
5. cook on low for about an hour or until 145 degrees. (in oven this would probably be 350 for 20 minutes or half an hour)
6. as with all meats let it stand about 10-15 minutes tented with foil
Mine was done at 1 hour but I left it on warm for another hour cause I overestimated how long it would take. Juicy moist meat but Not a lot of pan juice but enough for our meal and the onions and cherries added some color and texture.
I'm sure this would work with any dried fruit and for extra sauce use apple juice, chicken broth or corresponding fruit juice to the dried fruit. (Heck even a can of fruit would work. We all know how pork and fruit work so well together.)
To make a thicker sauce, and while letting meat rest, transfer pan juices to same skillet you used to brown the meat and saute the onion. Add some cornstarch and water slurry and heat till it thickens to make a nice sauce.
(I like to keep dirty pans to a minimum.)
I served it with baked sweet potatoes and side salad and it was a hit. Pork seems to be on sale everywhere right now.
For a boneless pork loin roast (3-4 lbs) just increase preserves to 3/4 C, 1/2 Cup dried cherries , 1/3 Cup Balsamic vinegar and 1/4 cup brown sugar and cook on low in slow cooker 3-4 hours. Until it reaches 145 degrees.
Last edited by no kudzu; 01-07-2016 at 09:52 AM..
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