Bonus Recipe: A Different Grilled Pork Tenderloin

A French Gift For An American Tradition

One of my favorite books for the the grill is actually a French one given to us by Jacqueline and Jean Claude Panel. The Panels supplied hundreds of very thankful La Cuisine clients at Christmas with their superlative chocolates for over thirty years. As has happened with many wonderful European businesses, the Panel sisters now run this house of exquisite chocolates. Our families spent some wonderful vacations together.  But I don’t think that their unerring sense of what makes a good chocolate came from their visits with us in the States! Check out their website and if you are in Lyon, their two stores — one in Grigny and the other in Vienne — in either case “le voyage en vaut la peine”. 

But back to this intriguing book on grilling. Barbecue Party is written by Jean-Francois Mallet, who has created cookbooks for a Francophone audience, including one that has recipes inspired by Disney characters. While that concept wouldn’t grab me by my whisk, Barbecue Party has been a real treasure for the Master Griller at our house and for me. It is filled with spice combinations and marinades that I, the assistant to the Grilleur De La Maison, had never dreamt of.  Some of the recipes just would never fly here, but I have found some real juicy ones, and this one is one of our favorites.

Piggy In a Prosciutto Blanket

Easy to prepare earlier in the day or night before and then about 20 minutes on the grill and Voila! If it rains, you can grill it on the stovetop and finish it off in the oven.  In either case, we always use our Thermapen to make sure that the temperature is around 140F. Always make sure your instant read thermometer is accurate by testing it in boiling water.  The scientifically proven 212F temperature  of boiling water will never let you down. 

We serve this with the Peach and Nectarine Salad from an earlier post this month and follow it with the criminally easy lemon ice cream that Jean Hewitt and Maida Heatter made famous.  Readers are still downloading this recipe since it was featured in our inaugural post in March of 2018. It is providential that  this July has a fifth Wednesday so that you can do this Bonus Recipe right now.