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This pork tenderloin with blackberry sauce is an amazing combination of flavors and the perfect way to dress up your dinner table.
Many people think that berries are just for a snack or for dessert but I love to use berries in my savory dishes as well. Today’s recipe for Pork Tenderloin with Blackberry Sauce is the perfect thing to showcase some delicious Blackberries.
The pork tenderloing is moist and flavorful and the blackberry sauce is both sweet and savory. The perfect combination.
Ingredients Needed
- Pork Tenderloin
- Balsamic Vinegar
- Olive Oil
- Garlic
- Shallots
- Blackberries
- Honey
- Dried Thyme
- Salt and Pepper
How To Make Pork Tenderloin with Blackberry Sauce
- Place pork on a foil covered baking sheet.
- Cut slits into meet about 1-1/2 inches apart and insert sliced garlic.
- Drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, rub to coat meat
- Sprinkle dried thyme and salt and pepper over the tenderloin.
- Bake at 450 degrees F until meat reaches 145-160 degrees F., about 20 minutes,
- Let meat rest.
- Sauté shallots in olive oil until soft and lightly caramelized, about 5 minutes.
- Add in blackberries and stir for 1 minute.
- Add in balsamic vinegar, honey, garlic and salt and pepper to taste.
- Simmer until berries break down and sauce begins to reduce, about 10 minutes.
- Cover pork tenderloin with sauce and slice.
The blackberry balsamic sauce dresses up your pork and adds a delicious sweet and savory taste to the dish.
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Pork Tenderloin with Blackberry Sauce
Ingredients
- 2.5 lb. pork tenderloin
- 2 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic sliced thinly
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- salt and pepper to taste
Berry Sauce
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 shallot thinly sliced or minced
- 2 C Oregon Blackberries
- 1/2 C balsamic vinegar
- 1/3 C honey
- 1 tsp garlic minced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F
- Place pork on a foil covered baking sheet
- Cut slits into meet and insert sliced garlic
- Drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, rub to coat meat
- Sprinkle with dried thyme and salt and pepper
- Bake in oven for 20 minutes or until meat reaches 145-160 degrees F.
- Let meat rest and then cover with berry sauce and slice.
Berry Sauce
- Saute shallots in olive oil until soft and lightly caramelized, about 5 minutes
- Add in blackberries and stir for 1 minute
- Add in balsamic vinegary, honey, garlic and salt and pepper to taste
- Simmer for about 10 minutes until berries break down and it begins to reduce
Geri Rein says
Absolutely delicious! I’m sure the fantastic berry sauce would be great on chicken or fish too! Or, maybe cooled and served over a brick of cream cheese as an appetizer!
Tiffany Curtis says
Delish!!! This is a new forever dish for me. The sauce; so good and flavorful!
Leigh Anne Wilkes says
I love that you love it too!
Denise says
Delicious! I didn’t have shallots so I used sweet onions. Yum yum!!!
Cheri Zwijacz says
Can beef tenderloin be substituted? If so, do I still cook at 450 degrees?
Leigh Anne says
Yes, I would cook it at the same temperature.
Lisa says
So awesomely easy and delicious! I made for the first time for company and it came out perfect ( I used fresh blackberries picked from my bush in Maine!) ~ have repeated With frozen berries, (still so yummy ) and shared this recipe many times~ We like it with roasted potatoes and ginger garlic green beans.
Tara McAdams says
I used TEXAS Dewberries and it came out wonderfully. What I’m wondering is could you do it with another Berry like a raspberry or something else acidic you know maybe even a kiwi or something?