Ingredients
Grilled Pineapple-Jalapeno Sauce:
- 1 small pineapple, peeled, cored and quartered
- Canola oil
- Salt and pepper
- 1 to 2 jalapeno peppers (depending on how spicy you like it), seeded and chopped
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
- Honey
Rum-Molasses Glaze:
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 small red onion, coarsely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 cup dark rum
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 3 tablespoons molasses
- 2 tablespoons dark brown muscovado sugar
- 1 habanero chile, halved
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 star anise
- Kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse black pepper
- 1 1/2 pound pork tenderloin, trimmed of excess fat
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- Green onion, thinly sliced, for garnish
- Cilantro leaves, for garnish
Directions
For Grilled Pineapple-Jalapeno Sauce:
Heat grill to high.
Brush pineapple with a few tablespoons of oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill until golden brown on all sides. Remove pineapple from the grill, coarsely chop and transfer to the bowl of a food processor. Add the jalapeno, vinegar, coconut milk, cilantro, and few tablespoons of oil and honey, to taste. Season with salt and pepper. Let sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes before serving.
For Rum-Molasses Glaze:
Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a medium saucepan over high heat. Add the onions and cook until soft. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the rum and cook until reduced by half. Add the stock, molasses, sugar, habanero, cinnamon sticks, and star anise. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and cook until reduced by half, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
Strain the mixture into a bowl then return it to the saucepan and continue cooking until reduced by half and thickened to a glaze. Season with salt and pepper. Pour the mixture into a bowl and let cool to room temperature.
For Tenderloin:
Heat grill to high.
Brush the tenderloin with 2 tablespoons of oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill until crusty and charred on both sides and the internal temperature reaches 145 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer, brushing with the glaze during the last few minutes of grilling. Remove from the grill to a cutting board and brush with more of the glaze. Let rest 5 minutes before cutting into 1/2-inch thick slices. Spoon some of the sauce onto each plate, top with a few slices of pork, and drizzle with a little more of the sauce. Garnish with green onions and cilantro leaves.


















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By baccusbum_12125919
healdsburg, 43
on June 07, 2011
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Made this last night. Amazing! So much flavor. The recipe doesn't say what to do in the food processor so I pulsed it till it got all chunky and smooth. Didn't strain it, had great texture. It looks like a LOT of sauce but we almost ate it all. I did serve this on cous cous, then sauce, then meat, more sauce and topped off with gr. onions and cilantro. I will totally make this for company !!
By twerho_4360338
Jonesboro, GA
on July 02, 2010
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Do I just miss why you put pineapple in the food processor and there's no pulsing?
Also for the sauce....I assume I am to strain and DISCARD???? Doesn't say so.
Lastly, the final touch says put sauce on a plate, top with pork and garnish with green onions and cilantro....does the pineapple mix still sit in the bowl?
Maybe I"m being particular, but .....
By candislakin_111...
Nassau, Bahamas
on June 14, 2010
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so i didn't have time for all this reducing as it was taking more than an hour. so i used the mixture to make gravy the traditional way (with butter in the meat juice and adding flour and it was a really good gravy, rich and flavourful.
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