Coffee-and-Fennel-Crusted Grilled Pork Tenderloin

Name: Coffee-and-Fennel-Crusted Grilled Pork Tenderloin
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 2 pounds, pork tenderloins (2 loins, 1 1/2 to 2 pounds total); 2 teaspoons, fennel seeds; 1 teaspoon, instant espresso powder; 1 teaspoon, black peppercorns, cracked; 1 teaspoon, sugar Demerara or turbinado (see note); 1/4 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1 teaspoon, kosher salt; 1 tablespoon, cornmeal; 1/2 cup, cornstarch; 2 large, egg whites

1 comment

Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2010

We sought to enliven this cut with a spice crust to give this mild tenderloin crunch and flavor.

SERVES4 to 6

TIME1 hour

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To avoid a sandy exterior for our Coffee-and-Fennel-Crusted Grilled Pork Tenderloin, we used fennel seeds, red pepper flakes, black peppercorns, espresso powder, sugar, salt, and cornmeal. To help the crust stay put, we first rolled the ten...

This is a members' feature.