Pork tenderloin with tarragon carrots and mashed potatoes
Difficulty: Medium
Time: 80 min. preparation time, 20 min. baking time
Nutrition: Calories ca 398 / Protein 43g / Carbohydr. 19g / Fat 16g
Ingredients (2 servings)
| 350 g | pork tenderloin |
| 200 g | potatoes (new) |
| 200 g | carrots |
| 2 cloves | garlic |
| 2 sprigs | rosemary |
| 1 | shallot |
| 20 ml | sparkling mineral water |
| 1 sprig | tarragon |
| 25 g | butter |
| 1 tsp | sugar |
| 1 pinch | nutmeg |
| vegetable oil for frying | |
| salt | |
| pepper |
Utensils
large frying pan with lid, large sauce pan, oven, vegetable peeler, potato masher, large ovenproof frying pan or roaster, cooking spoon, cutting board, knife
Wine Tip
Auxerrois/ Alsace, 2011
This sumptuous wine with low acidity and full body captures the flavorful dish very well. This mild white wine teases the gums with its fruity aromas.
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C/ 355°F. Peel and halve potatoes. Depending on size, cook in salted water for 20 – 25 min. Drain and put back in the sauce pan to keep warm.
large sauce pan, oven, vegetable peeler, cutting board, knife
200 g new potatoes / salt
Step 2
Salt the pork and sear on all sides in a hot pan. Add pepper and cook in a preheated oven at 180°C/355°F with crushed garlic and fresh rosemary for approx. 10 – 15 min.
oven, large ovenproof frying pan or roaster
350 g pork tenderloin / 2 cloves garlic / 2 sprigs rosemary / salt / pepper
Step 3
Remove the pork from the oven. Turn the oven down to 60°C/140°F and, once the oven has reached this temperature, put the tenderloin back in for approx. 10 – 15 min.
Step 4
Meanwhile, slice shallots into fine strips. Peel carrots and quarter lengthwise.
potato peeler, cutting board, knife
1 shallots / 200 g young carrots
Step 5
Sauté the shallots in some vegetable oil until translucent. Add carrots and continue to cook. Deglaze pan with mineral water and season with sugar and salt and pepper.
large frying pan with a lid, cooking spoon
vegetable oil for frying / 20 ml mineral water / 1 tsp sugar / salt / pepper
Step 6
Pluck the tarragon from its stem and add to pan. Close the lid and cook for approx 5 – 8 min. until the carrots are soft.
1 sprig tarragon
Step 7
Add butter to potatoes and mash together with nutmeg, salt, and pepper. To serve, slice medallions of pork and place on the mashed potatoes with the carrots.
potato masher
25 g butter / 1 pinch nutmeg / salt / pepper
