The turkey tenderloin with whiskey cherry sauce recipe
November 29, 2011 | Diet food recipes, Healthy recipes
The turkey tenderloin with whiskey cherry sauce recipe
Ingredients
- 3 teaspoons olive oil,
- 1 kg turkey tenderloin,
- salt and freshly ground pepper,
- ½ cup chopped onion,
- 2 cloves garlic minced,
- a cup pitted and chopped fresh or frozen cherries,
- 1 cup cranberry juice,
- ¼ cup whiskey,
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme or dried,
- ½ teaspoons dry mustard
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- First of all preheat the oven.
- In a pan, a large on, heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil. Meanwhile season the turkey with salt and pepper and put it in the pan and cook it until is golden brown on each side for about 3 minutes.
- Then turn it over and transfer it to the oven.
- The turkey just be roasted until it is no longer pink in the middle for about 15 to 20 minutes and then transfer it to a plate but cover it with a foil in order to maintain it warm.
- In another pan heat the other teaspoon of olive oil and add the onion and cook it for about 3 minutes.
- Add after the garlic for 1 minute, than the cherries, ¾ cup cranberry juice, whiskey, thyme, mustard and little salt.
- Cook it until is reduced to half for about 4 minutes.
- Take care to stir the mixture from time to time and do not let any browned bits and scrap them.
- Meanwhile the mixture is cooked, in a bowl, mix and stir well ¼ cup juice which has remained and with the cornstarch.
- Then near the end add the content of the bowl in the pan and leave all for about 1 minute till the sauce is thick. In the end serve the turkey with the sauce.