Pork Mignonnes With Orange And Green Peppercorns
Ingredients
1 large navel oranges (juice)
5 Tbsp. unsalted butter
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. sunflower oil
1 1/2 pound boneless pork top loin sliced, 1/2 inch thick
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
1 Tbsp. orange liqueur grand
marnier prefer
1 tsp. green peppercorns drained and rinsed
1 C. beef stock
parsley sprigs
orange
Cooking Instructions
Remove zest (orange part only) from navel orange (reserving orange) and sliver in fine julienne. Blanch zest in boiling water to cover for 10 minutes, dropping whole juice orange into water during final minute to warm it (and maximize amount of juice yielded). Drain zest and juice of orange and reserve. Squeeze the orange to obtain about 1/3 C. juice. In a small, heavy, enameled or teflon-coated saucepan over low heat, melt 1 Tbls. of the butter. Stir in sugar until sugar melts and mixture turns golden. Add orange juice and zest and cook over low heat until sauce is thick. Reserve sauce. Divide peeled navel orange into sections, and reserve sections at room temperature. In a large, heavy skillet, heat 2 Tbls. of the butter plus the oil until hot. Season pork with salt and pepper and, raising heat to high, sauté meat rapidly on both sides until browned and cooked through (about 2 minutes per side). Add liqueur; it will bubble and quickly reduce to a glaze. Remove pork from skillet, place in serving dish, and keep warm. (Tent with aluminum foil and place in a turned-off oven.). Lower heat, add green peppercorns to skillet and crush them with the back of a spoon. Add stock. Turn up heat to high and, stirring constantly, rapidly reduce liquid to 1/3 C.. Add reserved orange sauce and salt and black pepper to taste; reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 2 more minutes. Cut remaining 2 Tbls. butter in small pieces and, with pan off heat, swirl into skillet one by one. Pour any juices yielded by pork into sauce. Place orange sections in sauce. Nap pork with sauce and orange sections and garnish with fresh parsley sprigs.
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