PORK with GINGERED CARAMELIZED ONIONS

You may find caramelized onions addictive, especially in this recipe with an exotic ginger accent. Try them with other meats or poultry or atop mashed potatoes.

2 (3/4lb.) pork tenderloins, cut into 1-inch slices
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons butter
2 cups sliced sweet onion
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
1 (8oz.) pkg. fresh mushrooms, cut in half
1/3 cup sweetened dried cranberries
3 tablespoons apricot preserves

Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; add pork, and cook 3 minutes on each side or until golden. Remove from skillet; cover and keep warm.

Add onion to pan; cook over medium heat 20 minutes or until onion is browned and tender, stirring often. Add ginger and mushrooms; cook 2 more minutes.

Reduce heat to low; stir in cranberries and preserves. Return pork to skillet; cook until glazed and thoroughly heated.
Serves 4

"Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration." ~Charles Dudley Warner, 'My Summer in a Garden' (1871)