Pork Medallions With Mustard-Chive Sauce

DDW's Note:

We just made this for a dinner party and it was easy to make and tasted delicious. The sauce is to die for in my opinion. The original recipe comes from the Oct '04 BonAppetit. As an FYI they recommended Shiraz or Shyrah with this dish.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 tablespoons butter , divided
• 2 tablespoons olive oil , divided
• 2 cups chopped leeks (white and pale green parts only, about 2 med.)
• 1 cup low sodium chicken broth
• ½ cup dry white wine
• 2 cloves garlic , minced
• ½ cup sour cream or ½ cup creme fraiche
• 3 tablespoons whole grain Dijon mustard
• 2 (1 lb) pork tenderloins , each cut crosswise into 6 slices
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives , divided

Directions:

1. Sauce.
2. Melt 1T butter with 1T olive oil in large skillet over med-high heat.
3. Add leeks and cook until beginning to turn golden, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes.
4. Stir in broth, wine and garlic.
5. Boil until mixture has reduced to 1 2/3 cups, about 4 minutes.
6. Whisk in sour cream and mustard.
7. (The sauce can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.).
8. Meat.
9. Melt 1T butter with 1T oil in another large skillet over med-high heat.
10. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper.
11. Saute until browned and cooked.
12. Transfer pork to platter.
13. Add sauce to skillet, simmer sauce over med.
14. heat until slighly thickened, scraping up any browned bits, about 2 minutes.
15. Stir in chopped chives.
16. Season with salt and pepper if needed.
17. Return pork to skillet.
18. Cover and cook over med.
19. heat until just rewarmed,stirring frequently.
20. Sprinkle with additional chives and serve.

Reviews

[yamakarasu]

This was great! The recipe made a ton of sauce; I'd probably cut the sauce amounts by half next time.. though tons of sauce is great too, and I have lots to pour over rice tomorrow! :) Used a bit of Chinese rice wine in place of white wine (mine was salted, so I cut out regular salt in the rest of the dish and it turned out great), sweet onions instead of leeks, and green onions in place of chives. I also used low fat sour cream and it worked out well, just cooked the sauce longer than called for to let it reduce further. It was really easy, with really tasty results. Thanks!

[adopt a greyhound]

Easy but delicious meal. Served with mashed potatoes for all the wonderful sauce.

[Sauce Lover]

Very easy to prepare with delicious results!Really special sauce, can use pork tenderloin as directed and also would be great on chicken too. I've made this numerous times and I always add minced shallots along with the garlic for more flavor. I also use more garlic than called for. Restaurant worthy and very, very simple to prepare. I usually saute the pork in one skillet and make the sauce in another. Then I add the cooked pork to the finished sauce and simmer in on low for a few minutes. Xllnt. I like to make Spinach and Onion Couscous with this pork dish. Its a spinach, onion couscous, and its perfect with this mustard pork recipe. Also, very easy side dish.