Tonight I tried a recipe I thought was going to be great (as most I try are)...instead, it was awful. Seriously, do not waste your precious ingredients and time on this one; I certainly wish I hadn't. It's one thing for a recipe to turn out as so-so, or just not to our taste, but this was a straight up disaster.
Link to the recipe not to make: http://www.italianfoodforever.com/2008/06/pork-tenderloin-in-garlic-sauce/
I've made other recipes from this site that were awesome, so please don't take this as blanket warning against all their recipes. I'm honestly shocked that this was such a bad one. However, I will still try other recipes from the site going forward.
I followed the instructions almost exactly as written--the only change I made was using medium-high for the heat for the tenderloin, as I thought high would make it cook too quickly on the outside and not inside. Unfortunately, even at medium-high and reducing to medium eventually, the meat nearly blackened on the outside (it looked like it had been grilled) before it was done inside.
Worse, the oil was burning off and I had to add some in to keep the skillet from going dry. Meanwhile, the milk-garlic sauce scorched a little on bottom, despite being on low heat to keep the simmer. At 25 min, I stopped its cooking, as the garlic was very mushy and could be easily mixed in with the cooked milk.
Foolishly, I thought maybe this was the way it was supposed to go and still proceeded to add the marsala to the pan. As I feared, it smelled burnt and quickly ruined the marsala. Hoping I could still salvage it, I poured out the burnt stuff, wiped the pan, and tried again with more marsala.
I completed the sauce and tasted it. Nope, weird whang and not at all likeable. I tried to also eat the meat alone and it was just as unlikeable. Tasted like burnt peppercorns. I can only recall one other time where a recipe disappointed me so terribly. I hope to never have such an experience again.
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