Ingredients

  • 12 cup apricot jam
  • 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for grill
  • coarse salt and pepper
  • 1 12 lbs pork tenderloin, halved lengthwise and cut into 16 cubes (about 1 1/2 inches each)
  • 1 medium red onion, cut into 8 wedges
  • 1 granny smith apple, peeled and cut into 8 wedges

Method

  • 1.
  • Heat grill to medium-high.
  • Make the sauce: In a large bowl, combine jam, vinegar, tomato paste, and 1 tablespoon oil.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Set aside.
  • 2.
  • Assemble 4 long skewers, alternating 4 pork cubes with 2 onion wedges and 2 apple wedges on each (begin with pork and end with apple).
  • Roll skewers in remaining tablespoon oil.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • 3.
  • Lightly oil grates.
  • Place skewers on grill; cover grill, and cook, turning occasionally, until grill marks are visible, 6 to 8 minutes.
  • 4.
  • Open grill; baste skewers with some sauce, and cook, turning skewers and basting occasionally with more sauce, until pork is no longer pink in the center and is nicely glazed, 4 to 8 minutes more.