Recipe: Mango Pork (Serves 2)

Mango Pork

2 medium Ripe mangoes
3/4 pound Pork tenderloin
Vegetable oil spray
Salt and pepper to taste
Tabasco sauce

Slice 1 mango in half around the pit. Scoop out pulp with a spoon and puree in a food processor or blender. Cube the other mango.

Remove fat from pork and cut into 1 inch slices. Flatten slices with the palm of your hand.

Spray medium pan with vegetable oil spray and heat on medium high.

Brown pork for 1 minute on each side. Season each side with salt and pepper to taste. Reduce heat and cook pork another 5 minutes to cook thoroughly. Remove to a plate and add mango puree to pan.

Cook puree about 30 seconds scraping up brown bits of pork as it cooks. Add several drops Tabasco sauce and mango cubes. Toss cubes in puree for another 30 seconds. Spoon sauce over pork and serve with pasta.

Servings: 2
Source: Miami Herald 2/27/95