PORK LOIN WITH PEDRO XIMÉNEZ REDUCTION
Pork loin with Pedro Ximénez Reduction is a much loved dish, being easy to make with a spectacular result. The key is in the touch of sweet wine, Pedro Ximénez, which, in addition to impregnating this juicy meat, is also used to moisten ingredients such as the raisins and prunes. There are also varieties of this dish made with pine nuts. It can also be served with trimmings (potatoes, mushrooms).

Pedro Ximénez -or Pero Ximén- is related to Sherry, Montilla-Moriles and Málaga wines; it is a sweet wine made from Pedro Ximénez grapes. According to legend, this grape variety is said to have been brought from the Canary Islands or Madeira to the Sierras de Málaga by a Catholic cardinal called Pedro Ximénez. In 1618, the writer Vicente Espinel would describe the famous wine of “pedro ximénez de Málaga”.