Spiced Pork Tenderloin and Avocado Salsa

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon ground pepper 
• 2.5 tablespoons coarse salt 
• 1 tablespoon ground allspice 
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil 
• 2.3 pound pork tenderloin 
• 6 servings salsa 

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven
• roasting pan
• kitchen thermometer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Stir together salt, allspice, and cayenne. Pat pork dry and sprinkle spice rub all over pork, pressing to adhere.
3. Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown pork, 1 tenderloin at a time, on all sides, about 1 minute each.
4. Transfer as browned to a large roasting pan and arrange 2 inches apart.
5. Roast in middle of oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted diagonally 2 inches into center of each tenderloin registers 155°F, 20 to 25 minutes.
6. Let pork stand 5 minutes before slicing.