For a change from ham or turkey, try this pork tenderloin meal for your holiday dinner.

• Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Jamaican Snapdragons
• Mashed sweet potatoes
• Steamed snow peas
• White Chocolate-Candy Cane Cheesecake
• White wine, such as Pinot Grigio

Test Kitchen Tips: For mashed sweet potatoes, cook 1-1/2 pounds peeled, cut up sweet potatoes in lightly salted boiling water for 20 to 25 minutes or until very tender. Drain. Mash with a potato masher or electric mixer.

Mash or beat in 1/4 cup butter, 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, and enough milk or half-and-half to make fluffy (2 to 4 tablespoons). Or, look for refrigerated mashed sweet potatoes in the refrigerator section of the grocery store.

Pork recipe easily doubles for a larger gathering.

Shopping List For Pork

• 1 small bottle apple juice or white grape juice
• 1 bottle dark rum (or use more apple juice or white grape juice)
• 1 package raisins
• 1 package golden raisins
• 1 package dried currants
• 1 package dried cranberries or cherries
• 12- to 16-ounce pork tenderloin
• 1-1/2 pounds sweet potatoes
• 1 pound butter
• 1 quart milk or 1 pint half-and-half
• 8 ounces fresh snow peas
• 1 bottle desired white wine

Pantry Items

• sugar
• kosher salt
• ground cinnamon
• olive oil
• cornstarch
• brown sugar

Shopping List For Cheesecake

• 10 ounces white baking chocolate or 1 package white baking pieces
• 1 package graham crackers or graham cracker crumbs
• 1 pound butter
• 2 8-ounce packages cream cheese
• 3-ounce package cream cheese
• 8-ounce package mascarpone cheese
• 1 dozen eggs
• 1 package hard peppermint candies

Pantry Items

• sugar
• salt
• peppermint extract

Equipment Needed

For Pork

• measuring cups and spoons
• medium saucepan
• small bowls
• pastry brush
• charcoal or gas grill (or roast in oven)
• foil
• wooden spoon
• 4-quart Dutch oven or saucepan with lid
• colander
• potato masher or electric mixer
• large skillet with lid
• steamer basket
• corkscrew

For Cheesecake

• measuring cups and spoons
• sturdy resealable plastic bag (for crushing crackers and candies)
• rolling pin or meat mallet (for crushing crackers and candies)
• small saucepan
• medium bowl
• 9-inch springform pan
• wire cooling rack
• large bowl
• electric mixer
• rubber spatula
• shallow baking pan
• small sharp knife
• plastic wrap

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