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Pork Marinade | Pork Tenderloin with Figs | Spaetzle
Pork Marinade
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Misc |
| Meal: | Yum! (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 1 | Tb | lemon zest, finely chopped |
| 2 | Tb | Worcestershire sauce |
| 1 | medium | lemon, juice of |
| 2 | Tb | garlic, chopped |
| 1 | Tb | rosemary, dried |
| 1 | Tb | sage, dried |
| 1 | Tb | thyme, dried |
| 2 | Tb | soy sauce |
| 1 | tsp | pepper, fresh cracked |
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Place all ingredients in a large ziplock bag, add meat, shake and marinate for at least 1 hour in refrigerator.
Pork Tenderloin with Figs
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | The Other Meat Entrée |
| Meal: | Yum! (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 2 | lb | pork tenderloin |
| 1 | each | pork marinade recipe |
| 1 | 10.5 oz can | beef consommé |
| 6 | oz | wine, dry red |
| 4 | oz | figs, dried |
| 1 | Tb | cornstarch |
| 2 | oz | water |
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Place pork tenderloin in zip lock bag with marinade.
Marinate 1 hour in refrigerator.
Brown tenderloins in oven-proof pan on stove, place in preheated, 350 oven for 20-30 minutes. Internal temperature of at least 160. Should be slightly pink inside. Remove from oven, place on stove. Remove pork to plate. Add consommé, wine, and figs cut in half to pan, reduce by 1/4th. Mix water and corn starch to make a slurry. Stir in cornstarch slurry and thicken. Return pork to pan for 2 minutes. Slice and serve, spoon gravy on top of pork.
Spaetzle
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Starch / Pasta |
| Meal: | Yum! (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 2 | large | egg |
| 1.5 | cup | flour, all-purpose |
| 0.5 | cup | milk, 2 % |
| 1 | tsp | salt, table |
| 0.25 | tsp | baking powder |
| 2 | Tb | butter, salted |
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Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Mix the ingredients in a bowl; the dough will be very loose. Place a colander over the boiling water and pour the batter 1/4th at a time in to the colander and press through with a spatula. Allow spaetzle to cook until light and fluffy, a few minutes. Remove to a bowl filled with cold water. Drain spaetzle; heat butter in a frying pan, add spaetzle and toss to heat.
