Pork Tenderloin with Peppercorn Sauce
This Pork Tenderloin with Peppercorn Sauce is over-the-top loaded with flavor. The pork is tender and juicy and the sauce?? So good you'll want to top everything on your plate with it!
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 1 1/2 lb. pork tenderloin, trimmed
- salt and pepper
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1/3 cup shallots, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. whole black peppercorns, crushed gently with a mortar and pestle, do not totally grind
- 1/4 cup bourbon
- 2 cups low-sodium beef broth
- 1 tsp. granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 2 Tbsp. cornstarch, for thickening with two tablespoons cold water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Trim your pork tenderloin of any silver skin and pat the tenderloin with a paper towel. Season with salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat, then add your pork and sear it on all sides until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Do not rinse skillet.When the pork is done searing transfer it to a baking dish and roast in the oven at 400 degrees for 18-22 minutes or until the internal temperature is 145 degrees. Remove the pork from the oven and tent the dish with foil while it rests.
- While the pork is cooking make your peppercorn sauce. Add your chopped shallots and garlic to the skillet and cook over medium heat until shallots and garlic soften, about 4-5 minutes adding extra olive oil if needed and stirring often.
- Add the peppercorns to the shallots and continue to cook for 2-4 minutes, followed by the bourbon to deglaze the pan, scraping up any brown bits from the bottom of the skillet.Stir in the beef broth and sugar and continue to cook for about 4 minutes. Whisk in heavy cream and then add butter until well combined and heated through.
- To thicken the sauce whisk together two tablespoons cornstarch with two tablespoons cold water and then whisk into the sauce until smooth and thickened. Continue to cook for a minute or two on low.
- Slice your pork tenderloin and add to a large platter and drizzle some of the peppercorn sauce over the tenderolin if you'd like or you can just serve the sauce on a side in a gravy boat. If you'd like, you can also sprinkle the tenderloin with fresh chopped parsley as a garnish.