Kevin Gillespies Grilled Pork Tenderloin With Spanish-Style Garlic Shrimp
- 1 pork tenderloin, about 12 ounces
- 12 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for garnish
- 1/4 cup sherry
- 4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup sherry vinegar
- 2 tablespoons smoked paprika
- 16 jumbo shrimp (21-25 count), tails on, peeled and deveined (about 12 ounces)
- Fresh Basil leaves, for garnish
- Remove and discard the silver skin from the tenderloin.
- Thinly slice 8 cloves of the garlic and combine with 1/4 cup of the olive oil, the sherry, 2 teaspoons of the salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of the pepper in a quart-size zip-top bag.
- Add the tenderloin and marinate in the refrigerator overnight.
- Finely chop the remaining 4 cloves of garlic and combine in a small bowl with the remaining 1/4 cup olive oil, the remaining 2 teaspoons salt, the remaining 1/2 teaspoon pepper, sherry vinegar, and smoked paprika.
- Refrigerate overnight.
- Heat a grill over medium-high heat or a grill pan over high heat.
- Divide the garlic-paprika sauce in half.
- Arrange 8 shrimp in a line, all facing in the same direction.
- Using 2 skewers, skewer through the shrimp on each end so they will stay flat and are easy to flip on the grill.
- Repeat with the remaining shrimp.
- Slather both sides of the shrimp with one-half of the garlic-paprika sauce and let them marinate while the pork is cooking.
- Remove the tenderloin from the marinade and discard the marinade.
- Pat the pork dry and grill until nicely charred, about 3 minutes per side, for a total of 12 minutes.
- The pork should reach 145F internally to be medium rare.
- If your tenderloin is larger than 12 ounces, you may need to finish cooking it on a cooler part of the grill for about 5 minutes.
- Place on a plate and tent with aluminum foil to keep warm; the carryover cooking will bring it to just the right temperature.
- Arrange the shrimp so that there is a little space between them on the skewers.
- Add the shrimp to the grill and cook for about 45 seconds, then flip and grill for another 45 seconds.
- Continue flipping and grilling for a total of 3 minutes cooking time.
- You dont want to char the shrimp, hence the flip-and-grill method.
- When the shrimp are done, theyll be opaque; they cook fast, so watch carefully.
- When they come off the grill, slather them with some of the other half of the garlic paprika sauce.
- Transfer the tenderloin to a cutting board, reserve the juices, and slice on the bias.
- Pour the reserved juices into the remaining garlic-paprika sauce and stir to combine.
- Arrange the tenderloin on plates, top with the shrimp, and drizzle with the sauce and some additional olive oil.
- Sprinkle on some torn basil leaves.
pork tenderloin, garlic, extravirgin olive oil, sherry, kosher salt, ground black pepper, sherry vinegar, paprika, jumbo shrimp, fresh basil
Taken from www.foodrepublic.com/recipes/kevin-gillespies-grilled-pork-tenderloin-with-spanish-style-garlic-shrimp/ (may not work)