Tuscan Pork Tenderloin
Tuscan pork tenderloin is a great dinner or appetizer. Pork tenderloin smothered in fresh herbs roasted inside a crusty baguette. Fancy and impressive, yet perfect for picnics.
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Tuscan Pork Tenderloin
Preheat oven to 375ºF.
Place the sage, rosemary, and garlic in a small bowl. Toss the herbs with the fresh cracked pepper, salt, and ground fennel seeds.
The recipe calls for fennel pollen. But I just used my herb grinder (coffee bean grinder) to grind up the fennel seeds.
Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Sear the pork, turning occasionally, until golden on all sides, 8 to 10 minutes.
If your pork loins are a little on the larger size you will need to sear them a little longer to ensure they cook through in the oven.
Rub the herb mixture over the entire surface of each tenderloin.
Cut the baguette in half longways without cutting all the way through. Scoop out part of the soft insides. Brush the bread with 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil.
Place the pork inside, trim off excess ends of the bread and tie the baguette in 1-2″ intervals. The pork should be almost completely enclosed.
You can wrap in foil if you like, but I didn’t have any trouble with the bread over baking. The bread is crunchy not burned while the center is soft, chewy and full of vibrant fresh herb flavor.
If you do wrap it in foil you will want to remove it from the foil in the last few minutes of baking so the baguette becomes crusty.
Place the pork on a baking sheet or shallow roasting pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part reads 148ºF internal temperature.
Remove from the oven, place on a cutting board and let rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
Serve our Bread Pudding for dessert!
Remove the string and slice the roasted pork into desired size medallions.
What can I say to truly impress on you guys how good this dish is and why you should try it? It will be one of the easiest recipes you will ever make!
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This is the best pork tenderloin we have ever eaten! It will be a regular in our house for sure.
Perfect for a party appetizer too, it will knock their socks off!
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Tuscan Pork Tenderloin in a Baguette Recipe
Tuscan Pork Tenderloin Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons fresh sage minced
- 2 teaspoons fresh rosemary minced
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon fennel seed ground
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 pork tenderloins trimmed*
- 1 loaf crusty baguette
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F degrees.
- Mince the sage, rosemary, and garlic. Mix in the salt, black pepper, and ground fennel seeds.
- Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Sear the pork, turning occasionally, until golden on all sides, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Rub the pork with the herb mixture and set aside.
- Cut the baguette in half the long way and scoop out part of the soft insides.
- Brush the inside of the baguette with the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil.
- Place the pork on the inside of the baguette so that the pork is almost completely enclosed.
- Trim off the excess ends of the bread. Tie the baguette, at 1-to 2-inch intervals, with kitchen string.
- Place the pork on a baking sheet and roast until done, 148°F on an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, let rest 10 minutes.
- Remove the strings and cut into medallions.
- Serve and enjoy!
Can this be constructed a day before and refrigerated until baking?
Hi, Kitty. This dish is so easy that I’ve never tested making it ahead. But I would suggest after sear the meat allowing it to rest for at least 30 minutes before assembling. This will help the juices redistribute (not leak out all over the bread), then assemble, cover tightly, and refrigerate until ready to cook. I hope this helps.
Does the baguette burn at all?
No, not at all.
I’ve been making this for years – always a big hit! I’ve made a couple of alterations, however: once the tenderloin is resting in the baguette, I wrap the entire roast in thin bacon strips. The bacon fat is absorbed by the baguette – DIVINE!! Also stick to fresh herbs, if available. I roast on high 400F. Mmmmm.
That looks absolutely amazing and is making me seriously hungry x Sim #GYB
This recipe sounds really yummy! Pinned it. Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday. Hope to see you next week!