Pork Tenderloin with Blue Cheese and Pears

Diets

Gluten free

Ingredients

Meat
- 1 (1 lb. pork tenderloin

Produce
- 2 Bosc pears, cored and cut into 1/2-in.-thick slices
- 1 Red onion, small

Condiments
- 3 tbsp White balsamic vinegar

Baking & Spices
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper, freshly ground
- 1 tsp Kosher salt

Oils & Vinegars
- 2 tbsp Olive oil

Dairy
- 1 oz Gorgonzola cheese

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Description

To match the robust flavors of this dish—pungent blue cheese, sweet-tart vinegar, sharp red onion—serve with a hearty salad made from endive or radicchio. The meal will feel decidedly Italian. If you love the pairing of pork and fruit with cheese, try playing around with a variation on the dish by using apples instead of pears and goat cheese in place of blue. To keep the pork perfectly cooked (and slightly pink in the center), remove it from the heat when the internal temperature is 140°F. As it stands, its temperature will continue to rise to the recommended safe temperature of 145°F without overcooking or drying out.

Directions

Preheat oven to 500°F. Heat oil in a large ovenproof skillet over high. Sprinkle pork with 3/4 teaspoon salt and pepper. Add pork to pan; cook 5 minutes, turning to brown on all sides. Add pears and onion to pan, breaking up onion wedges with a spoon. Place pan in oven. Bake at 500°F for 8 minutes or until onion is tender and a thermometer inserted in thickest part of pork registers 140°F. Remove pork from pan; let stand 3 minutes. Cut into slices. Add remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and vinegar to pan, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Return pork to pan. Sprinkle with cheese.

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Title:	Pork Tenderloin with Blue Cheese and Pears
Descrition:	Match the robust flavors of this dish with a hearty endive or radicchio salad to make the meal feel decidedly Italian.

Pork Tenderloin with Blue Cheese and Pears