PORK TENDERLOIN STUFFED WITH PRUNES

PORK TENDERLOIN STUFFED WITH PRUNES image

Categories Pork

Yield 4 people

Number Of Ingredients 12

16 pitted prunes
1/2 cup warm water
2 12-ounce pork tenderloins, each cut crosswise in half
2 cups canned beef broth
2 cups canned low-salt chicken broth
4 Tbsp butterf
4 lg shallots, chopped
1 cup chopped green onions
2/3 cup chopped carrots
3/4 cup vodka
1/4 cup whipping cream
Tabasco sauce

Steps:

Soak prunes in water for 30 minutes. Drain prunes and reserve soaking liquid. Take each half pork tenderloin and using a long knife cut a lengthwise pocket in the center of each piece. Stuff each piece with 4 prunes. Combine beef and chicken broths. Boil a/b 35 min. until reduced to 1 cup. Melt 2 Tbsp butter in skillet over med heat. Add shallots, green onions, and carrots and Sauté until tender, a/b 10 minutes. Add vodka, soaking liquid, and reserved broth. Boil until liquid reduced to 1 cup (a/b 10 minutes). Strain sauce, pressing on solids. Discard solids. (Pork and sauce can be prepared one day ahead). Preheat oven to 425. Melt remaining 2 Tbsp butter in heavy oven-proof skillet. Add pork and Sauté until brown on all sides, a/b 10 minutes. Transfer to oven and roast 15 minutes, or until 165° . Add 1/4 cup cream to sauce and simmer until slightly thickened. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and tabasco. Slice pork crosswise. Spoon sauce over and serve immediately. Serves 4. Bon Appetit 3/96 Village Country Inn in Manchester Village, BT