Description: | This is an 10 minute prep, 2 hour marinade and 10 minute cook. Quick enough so apples stay firm and tenderlion stays moist. I use mango vinegar that I make myself but any vinegar would probably do
Recipe is for two hungries or three/four moderate eaters. Multiply recipe as appropriate |
Ingredients: | 1 lb pork tenderloin in 1\" cubes (larger rather than smaller)
1 Apple cored (I use Royal Gala but others would work) and quartered then halved to give you 8 chunks. You need equal numbers of pork and apple chunks. Do more apple if you need to.
4 (or more) soaked bamboo kebab skewers
Chunk of soaked apple or cherry wood for smoking
Marinade
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp mango vinegar (see below)
1 tsp fresh thyme (1/2 tsp dried will also work)
2 tsp dijon mustard
1/4 tsp each kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Instructions: | Mix all but pork and apples in bowl or jug. Whisk until emulsified.
Put pork and apple chunks into ziploc bag pour in marinade and refrigerate for 2 hours (less will still work - so will more).
Thread pork and apples alternately on skewers.
Fire up Egg to 400 F and add wood.
Grill direct for 2 minutes a side and one more side or until internal pork temperature is no more than 160 F. I stop around 150 F and let it rest for 5 minutes. After 150 F tenderloin begins to dry quickly.
Mango vinegar you can buy in the specialty vinegar section at the grocery store or make easily yourself.
2 cups white vinegar (you can use wine vinegar but regular vinegar works as well)
1 ripe juicy mango (Unripe non juicy won\'t cut it)
1/4 - 1/2 cup mango nectar (grocery store juice aisle)
Peel and slice flesh off mango. Dump flesh into blender add 1/4 cup mango nectar and 2 cups vinegar. Blend until completely smooth. taste for sweet/acid blend and add more nectar to taste, or not. Decant into bottles/jars and refrigerate. Keeps for weeks. |
Notes: | Serve with small tomatoes roasted on the Egg at the same time the kebabs are grilling (lift off very gently) and basmati rice steamed with a cinammon stick, bay leaf, six cloves and six green cardamoms - or whatever aromatic spices you have. Pick out spices before serving. |