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Crisp Pork Medallions with Creamy Caper Sauce

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Crisp Pork Medallions with Creamy Caper Sauce

Crisp Pork Medallions with Creamy Caper Sauce

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Equipment

  • Skillet (Sauté Pan) - Essential for sautéing pork medallions to achieve the desired crispiness.

  • Caponniere (Caper Jar) - To store capers, which are a key ingredient in the creamy caper sauce.

  • Meat Mallet or Rolling Pin - Used for tenderizing pork medallions before cooking.

  • Microplane Grater - For grating Parmesan cheese and zesting lemon wedges.

  • Meat Thermometer - Ensures the pork medallions are cooked to a safe doneness.

  • Digital Kitchen Scale - For precise measurements of ingredients.

  • Strainer or Chinois (Fine Mesh Sieve) - Used for straining sauces.

  • Tongs - Handy for flipping pork medallions during cooking.

  • Chef's Knife - Essential for cutting and shaping ingredients uniformly.

  • Potato Ricer or Food Mill - Useful for creating light mashed potatoes as a side dish.

  • Immersion Blender (Hand Blender) - Useful if making caper sauce from scratch or adjusting consistency while cooking.

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup plain yogurt (6 ounces; preferably whole-milk)

  • 3 tablespoons mayonnaise

  • 2 tablespoons drained bottled capers, finely chopped

  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper

  • 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 lb pork tenderloin

  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

  • 2 large eggs

  • 1 cup fine dry bread crumbs

  • About 1 cup vegetable oil for panfrying

  • Accompaniment: lemon wedges; watercress or other baby greens

  • an instant-read thermometer

Instructions

1

Instruction 1

Stir together all sauce ingredients in a bowl until combined, then chill, covered, until ready to use.
2

Instruction 2

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
3

Instruction 3

Cut pork crosswise into 1 1/4-inch-thick slices (medallions).
4

Instruction 4

Whisk together flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow bowl.
5

Instruction 5

Whisk together eggs with a pinch of salt in another shallow bowl and put bread crumbs in a third shallow bowl.
6

Instruction 6

Working with 1 medallion at a time, dredge medallions in flour, shaking off excess, and dip in egg, letting excess drip off, then coat with crumbs, pressing to help them adhere. Arrange pork in 1 layer on a baking sheet.
7

Instruction 7

Heat 1/4 inch oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking, then panfry medallions, turning over once, until golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes total. Transfer to a clean baking sheet and roast in oven until thermometer inserted horizontally into center of meat registers 145 to 150°F, 6 to 7 minutes.
8

Instruction 8

Serve pork with sauce, lemon wedges, and watercress.
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