Pork Tenderloin With Asparagus, Tomatoes and Cream Sauce

I love watching The Next Food Network Star.  This year, one of the finalists is Jason Smith, a good ole country boy from Kentucky.  He's a self taught chef, and adds his own southern touch.  On a recent show the finalists cooked a dinner that could be made in 15 minutes.  It  looked so good to me I made it for dinner last week, and will make it again.  It was delicious.

                            Pork Tenderloin with Asparagus, Tomatoes and Cream Sauce>P>

2 T. vegetable oil
1 1/2 sticks butter
1 T. dry mustard
1T. garlic powder
1 T. onion powder
salt and pepper

1 small pork tenderloin, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces
1 pinto cherry tomatoes
1 bunch of asparagus, cut into pieces
2 medium garlic cloves
3/4 c. heavy whipping cream
1 T. balsamic vinegar
1 bunch fresh sage, minced

Put oil and 1 stick butter in pan and heat.  Mix mustard, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt and pepper in a bowl and coat pork pieces with the dry rub.  Then brown in pan, about 3 minutes on each side.  Remove from pan and let pork rest.

In the mean time, halve the tomatoes and cut asparagus in 1 inch pieces, add 1/2 stick butter to pan, minced garlic too, and vegetables and cook until tender.  Add cream, balsamic and minced sage and cook for a few minutes.  Add back the pork and just heat for a minute.  That's it.  It's a 15 minute, gourmet dinner.  I added some noodles on the side.  The sauce is so good with the noodles, but you could just serve the dish without anything on the side.  I hope you enjoy.  Thank you, Jason, for a quick and delicious gourmet dinner.

By the way, Jason ended up winning The Next Food Network Star and will soon have his own show on the Food Channel.  If you like cooking shows, look for it.  He should be very entertaining.