Pork Tenderloin With Caramelized Pears and Onions

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 lbs pork tenderloins, cut and trimmed into 1-inch-thick slices
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 firm pears, peeled, halved, cored and sliced
• 1 large yellow onion, halved and sliced
• 1 sprig thyme leaves or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• salt & pepper

Directions

1. 1

   Pound pork into 1/4 inch thickness between plastic wrap or wax paper.

2. 2

   Melt 3 tablespoons butter in large saute' pan and add pears, onions and thyme. Salt and pepper to taste. Let cook until pears turn golden and onion is soft.

3. 3

   In another pan, melt 1 tablespoons butter and add one layer of pork slices. Salt and pepper pork. Cook pork about 2 minutes per side, or until just cooked through and a nice crust starts to form (you will have to cook pork in batches).

4. 4

   Arrange pork on a serving platter and slather the pear-onion mixture over the top.