Just a weeknight meal! Don't be afraid! You can prep this before you go to work and bake it off when you get home. Dinner cooks in 45 minutes. Or by all means save this for that big family dinner maybe on Sunday! Either way I hope you enjoy!
1 Pork Loin about 3 pounds
A few slices of Prosciutto
3-4 Sage leaves
1-2 sprigs of fresh Thyme
4-5 stalks of cooked Broccolini ( I cooked mine in olive oil, salt, fresh garlic and crushed red pepper)
3 slices of Provolone
Lay the pork flat and using a sharp knife butterfly it. Slice it right down the middle until it lays flat open. There is no rhyme or reason to stuffing this. I started with the fresh herbs, 3 leaves of sage right down the middle, next the thyme sprinkling it right off. Lay down some provolone slices, prosciutto and lastly the broccolini. Using kitchen twine, roll the pork together and tie it up real good. Salt and pepper the loin really good. Pour a little olive oil in a pan and brown the pork on each side. Preheat your oven to 400. Using about a cup of chicken stock, pour it into the pan and bring to a boil, scraping up any delicious brown bits the pork may have left in the pan for you. Pour that into the baking dish you are baking the pork in. This next step is optional, but I love it myself. Using a little olive oil, add in a leaf or two of fresh sage and a little thyme, pour this right over the top of the loin and give it a good rub. Bake in the oven for about 40 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 160 degrees. Let it rest a good ten minutes before slicing and serving.
You can stuff the loin ahead of time so it's all ready to bake when you get home. You can also cut up the carrots and season them as well. The potatoes I don't suggest you do ahead because they will turn brown. However it takes what maybe five minutes to cut up the potatoes?
Carrots:
3-4 large carrots, peeled or not
A little fresh orange juice
orange zest
a sprinkle or two of ground ginger
Bake until tender right along side the pork. They don't take long at all, so maybe when the pork has about 15 minutes left pop these in.
Potatoes:
3-4 red potatoes cut anyway you like
3 cloves of garlic, smashed
1-2 sprigs of fresh rosemary, chopped
enough olive oil to coat them
salt and pepper
give them a good toss, lay them down on a cookie sheet and bake these for about the same amount of time as the pork loin. So pop them in together. Give them a good flip twice during the baking time to get nice even browning.
Enjoy!
Copyright © 2013 Salvo-lutions by, Dana Salvo
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