Sweetly Spiced Pork Tenderloin with Pear Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 lb. pork tenderloin
• ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp. ground pepper
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• 1 tbls. olive oil
• ¼ cup water
• 1 cup cubed butternut squash
• 2 ripe pears, cored, peeled and chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• ½ cup apple juice
• ½ cup toasted walnuts
• 2 tbls. brown sugar
• Scant ¼ tsp. ground cloves

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line shallow pan with foil.
2. Sprinkle pork with salt, pepper and cinnamon.
3. Heat oil in large skillet over medium high heat and brown tenderloin on all sides (about three minutes). Transfer to roasting
4. pan. Roast tenderloin about 15 minutes.
5. In the same skillet, bring water with squash to boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer covered for 10 minutes.
6. Add pears and onion and continue to cook 8 minutes.
7. Stir in cranberries, apple juice, brown sugar, cloves and walnuts.
8. Cook 2 minutes.
9. Slice tenderloin and serve with pear sauce.