Roasted Apple Pork Tenderloin
We’ve had a busy summer to say the least… as I shared with you in my update a few days ago we have been left, right, and centre visiting friends, exploring our Nation’s Capital for #Ottawa150 and to celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday and it has been a blast. Now as I can start to feel a bit of the temperature cooling off, I’m anticipating the fall arrival of beautiful leaves, pumpkin everything, skinny jeans, and oversized sweaters. I am a self proclaimed fall junkie. It’s by far my favourite season for the fashion, the flavours, and the feeling of warm days, cool nights, and crisp air.
With that in mind, I wanted to inspire all of those things I love by preparing a delicious family dinner. Something that makes us sit around the table and talk. Instead of enjoying the classic pork chops and apple sauce, I thought I would give our pork tenderloin a twist and stuff it with crisp Red Delicious Apples, and sweet Vidalia onions. It took practically no time to get all of the components together for this meal and the result was a delicious family dinner.
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To make this a complete meal, I also made a delicious sheet pan of roasted onions, sweet potatoes, and carrots using thyme as my herb of choice. I also paired the roasted vegetable side dish and this main pork meal with a simple salad compiled of mixed greens, diced red delicious apples, walnut pieces, salt, pepper, and a drizzle of both olive oil & plain balsamic vinegar.
Ingredients
- 2 pork tenderloin (approximately 2lbs each)
- 2 Red Delicious Apples
- 1/4 of large Visalia onion
- 2 tbsp Red Apple Balsamic Vinegar
- Olive Oil (splash)
- salt & pepper
- 4 Sprigs of fresh Thyme
Instructions
- Pre heat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut slits into pork tenderloin about 3/4 of the way through.
- Slice the apples and onions thinly. Place one slice of apple and one slice of onion into each slit in the pork. Continue until all the slits are full, and place tenderloins into an oven proof dish. (Hint: fold the thinner/smaller end of the tenderloin under itself so it will cook more evenly and won’t end up well done.)
- Drizzle 1 tsp of olive oil and 1 tbsp of the Red Apple Balsamic vinegar over each of the tenderloins. Top them both with two springs of fresh time and place in the oven.
- Bake for about 30 minutes, or until a meat thermometer reads 157 degrees in the thickest part of the tenderloin. Remove and promptly tent the tenderloins with tin foil for another 10 minutes. (Tent: loosely cover the tenderloin dish. Do not wrap the foil around tightly.
- Slice and serve warm with the apples and onions.
Keywords: Dinner, pork, apples, thyme, freezer friendly, balsamic vinegar, onions,
I think with the back to school hustle we have going on in our house (as I’m sure some of you do as well), it can get so busy getting back into ‘routine mode’ that sometimes we end up sacrificing everything we love about the summer: family time. This is why I enjoy making meals like this that get us to connect again. Even with busy work schedules, after school activities, and a thousand “to-do” items on our list, I try to have 2-3 dinners a week that we all sit around the table for and can enjoy each others company.
What do you like to do to keep your family connected?
I have stuffed or wrapped many pork tenderloins over the years, but I’ve never thought to do it in this fashion (i.e. Hasselback style). Consider me intrigued. Love the flavours too, and apples are always such a great accompaniment to pork, especially with the sweetness and moisture complimenting the leaner cuts like tenderloin. Beautifully executed – and here’s to getting everyone around the dinner table to share a family meal. That’s always an achievement worth striving for and celebrating.
I am always at a loss as to what to do with pork tenderloin so I love this idea! And apples and pork area truly beautiful union! Hope to get my family around the table when we’re between our crazy shifts, fall ball, dance, guides, piano and hockey this fall! Will definitely be giving this recipe a try when it’s safe to turn the oven on again (but sadly, sooner than I had hoped). But meals like this make me say a warm, open-armed welcome to fall…. 🙂
This looks amazing! I love a good pork tenderloin!!
I love that you really prioritize family meals. It’s one of the things I was lucky enough to have when I was growing up.
Recipes like this *really* make me miss pork. Some Sunday dishes just can’t be mimicked with fish or veggies, and a good pork tenderloin is one of them. Not to mention you incorporated apples, which was always one of my fave ways to have pork tenderloin! Awesome recipe, Kaitie!
This looks absolutely delicious! Can’t wait to try this in my kitchen.
This look delish! I like the look of this. Lovely recipe.
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We love making pork tenderloin, one because it feeds us through several meals. Love the apple idea and the flavor the apple would give to the pork.
I love the combination of apple and pork, Your presentation is beautiful and great side dishes suggestion
Roasted apples add so much flavor and contrast. Delicious!
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I love the way you have done this. Pork tenderloin can sometimes be dry but yours looks so flavourful
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Your recipe looks wonderful! Never tried but surely looks flavorful.
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There’s nothing like a good family dinner. 🙂 Love the apples in this!
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This pork loin looks so (dare I say it) juicy! So tender and succulent – the perfect pairing with those delicious looking roasted veggies!
What an interesting way to prepare a tenderloin — I mean, pork chops with apples is a classic, but I’ve never seen this method before. Very clever.
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Always love a great pork dish! Especially stuffed with apples. Now all you need is to drizzle some pure maple syrup on it before cooking! Sweet and salty, the perfect combination!