There's more to fruit purées than meets the eye. Try it on this tenderloin recipe and see for yourself how it can improve tenderness and taste.

*adapted from ponthier.net

Ingredients

1/2 Prepared pork tenderloin
100 g Frozen morello cherry purée
20 g Honey
100 g Charlotte potatoes
15 g Butter
1 Slice Bayonne ham
Olive oil
Salt
Espelette chili pepper

Directions

Dry the slice of Bayonne ham in the oven for 10 minutes at 200°C. Leave to cool then blitz in the blender to a fine powder. Caramelise the honey then deglaze with PONTHIER black cherry purée. Reduce to a syrup then season with Espelette chili.

Season the tenderloin with salt then fry in olive oil in a hot pan. Roast in the oven for 90 minutes at 80°C (until the centre reaches a temperature of 68°C). Once cooked, slice into 3 medallions. Make a hole in the centre of each medallion then add the black cherry purée. Keep warm.

Cut the potatoes into 1cm cubes then blanch. Drain and then candy them in butter. Arrange the pork medallions on the plate, then the potato cubes and sprinkle with the Bayonne ham powder. Garnish with a few touches of PONTHIER black cherry purée mixture with honey and Espelette chili.

Note: Ponthier black cherry purée can also be used for pork juice or gravy.