Bacon-Herb Wrapped Pork Tenderloin with Lemon Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Recipe courtesy Bobby Flay, 2001

Show: Hot Off the Grill with Bobby FlayEpisode: Pork Tenderloin Wrapped With Bacon

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Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
--
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 1 hr 5 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 1 hr 25 min

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Ingredients

1 head garlic, top sliced off
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 pork tenderloins (about 1 to 1 1/2 pound each) trimmed of excess fat
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
12 fresh sage leaves
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
12 1/4-inch thick slices bacon
2 tablespoons olive oil
Lemon Glazed Sweet Potatoes, recipe follows

Directions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Place garlic in a small ramekin, drizzle with 1-tablespoon olive oil, and wrap in foil. Bake until soft, about 45 minutes. When cool enough to handle, squeeze garlic flesh from head into a small bowl.

Arrange tenderloins on work surface. Rub the top each tenderloin with 1/2 of the roasted garlic and season with salt and pepper. Mix together the herbs and scatter half of the mix over the garlic on each tenderloin. Wrap 6 strips of bacon around each tenderloin and tie bacon in place with kitchen twine.

Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Heat oil in a medium, skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the tenderloins until golden brown on all sides. Transfer seared tenderloins to medium roasting pan; place in the oven and cook to medium doneness about 8 to10 minutes. Transfer tenderloins to cutting board and let stand 10 minutes. Remove twine before carving.

Lemon Glazed Sweet Potatoes:

2 cups fresh lemon juice
2 cups granulated sugar
1 tablespoon finely chopped lemon zest
5 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper

Combine juice, sugar and zest in a small non-reactive pan and reduce to 1/2 cup. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Toss sweet potatoes in oil and roast in a large ovenproof skillet. Roast until lightly golden brown and just cooked through. Remove the pan from the oven and place on a burner over medium heat. Add the glaze to the potatoes and toss to coat evenly. Saute potatoes until all are glazed.

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recipe Bacon-Herb Wrapped Pork Tenderloin with Lemon Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Kristen San MArcos, CA 09-18-2009
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Best Pork Tenderloin I've ever made
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Wow. My husband went crazy for this tenderloin. Followed the cooking instructions and ended up making a pan sauce with some... whole grain mustard to drizzle on it at the end. The roasted garlic paste with the herbs was out of this world under that salty bacon. That said, don't add salt anywhere else, because it is plenty salty. I served with baked sweet potatoes, because I didnt like the sound of lemon with sweet potatoes. An awesome dinner, pretty enough for company, and much simpler than it looks/sounds. Make it!Read more
recipe Bacon-Herb Wrapped Pork Tenderloin with Lemon Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Jennifer St-Constant, QC 08-20-2009
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This is a keeper
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I must say this is a great combination , I have cook the pork a bit longer than suggested and I have left the glaze still a... bit liquidy like a sirup and the color was not black of anything like that .which was perfect for the potato and we use it as a semi sauce for the pork . I have serve it with a peach , big cherry tomato slice and red olgon , apple cider vinaigrette salade that was excellente. Thank you very much Read more
recipe Bacon-Herb Wrapped Pork Tenderloin with Lemon Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Ryan Chicago, IL 04-21-2009
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Fab pork, bad taters
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

The pork recipe turned out great, although I had to roast the meat longer (about 20 minutes) than the recipe suggested. The... result was perfectly cooked medium pork. Flavor was great. The potato recipe drew me in but there are some problems with the recipe. The sauce when reduced to 1/2 cup turned to a deep brown/black burnt syrup even when reduced over relatively low heat. This ruined the dish.Read more
recipe Bacon-Herb Wrapped Pork Tenderloin with Lemon Glazed Sweet Potatoes
sherilyne aberdeen, SD 02-21-2009
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Possibly my Easter dinner
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Pork tenderloin is a good thing for me to serve my family of fourteen for dinners because it is inexpensive, and everyone... likes it. I have been trying out some recipes for Easter dinner, 2009, and I have narrowed it down to this or Bobby's tenderloin with mustard-molasses glaze. Both are excellent!Read more
recipe Bacon-Herb Wrapped Pork Tenderloin with Lemon Glazed Sweet Potatoes
null null, null 12-20-2008
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It was just ok
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I was made thes really looking forward to this and it was disappointed. It wasn't that tasty and we followed the recipe to... a tee, not sure what haeppened here. The pork was moist but I didn't get the full flavor of the bacon. I will try it again and see how it goes....Read more
recipe Bacon-Herb Wrapped Pork Tenderloin with Lemon Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Sue Modesto, CA 09-03-2008
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Wow!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I must admit I was skeptical about the lemon glazed sweet potatoes, but they are incredible. They go with the pork... tenderloin so well, adding a completely different taste combination. Impressive!Read more