Distinctive Dinners: Company Tonight
Pork Marinade | Pork Tenderloin with Figs | Creamy Polenta | Walter Raymond's Sweet and Sour Cucumbers
Pork Marinade
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Misc |
| Meal: | Company Tonight (Distinctive Dinners) |
| 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: | Company Tonight (Distinctive Dinners) |
| 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.
Creamy Polenta
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Starch / Pasta |
| Meal: | Company Tonight (Distinctive Dinners) |
| 2.5 | cup | milk, whole |
| 1.25 | cup | cream, whipping |
| 1.25 | cup | chicken broth |
| 0.66 | cup | corn meal, yellow |
| 1 | cup | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 1.5 | Tb | butter, salted |
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Simmer milk, cream and broth for 5 minutes. Add cornmeal and stir continually until polenta reaches a thick, creamy texture. Stir in cheese and place butter on top just prior to serving.
Walter Raymond's Sweet and Sour Cucumbers
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Company Tonight (Distinctive Dinners) |
| 2 | large | cucumbers, sliced |
| 1.5 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 1.5 | cup | vinegar, cider |
| 2 | Tb | onions, sliced |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Cut cucumbers into thin slices. Dissolve sugar in vinegar on low heat. Thinly slice red onion. Add cucumbers, onions and liquid in a bowl and let marinate for 1 hour. Salt and Pepper to taste.
