Are you tired of the Stuffed Pork Loin?

DieselkW

I see a lot of recipes and pictures and ya'll must be bored to tears with stuffed loins...  but here's another one scheduled to cook tomorrow.

Just got to be different, so here it is:

Slice it lengthwise, a little lower than half way, like a hot dog bun. Then lay her flat, and slice the thicker half from the middle so you have three "halves", commonly known as thirds.

I pounded it down with Saran wrap on top so as to avoid spraying raw pork all over the kitchen until it was roughly the same thickness all over.

Meanwhile, two cups of water with ham bouillon are warming on the stove. Add a few cut up apples, some celery, onion, raisins, and for fun, a handful of "craisons". I wanted some savory and some sweet - pork and sweet go well together, and I love the taste of cranberries with pork.

Cook that mixture until the apples start to soften, but don't make applesauce. Add a bag of stuffing leftover from Thanksgiving and take back some vital real estate in the cupboard.  You know that bag of stuffing is just going to get thrown away this summer anyway.

Stir, remove from heat, and let it cool down a while.  Cut some butcher's twine and slide 4 lengths evenly spaced under the loin.

Spread the stuffing evenly on top of the loin and roll it back up to the shape it was when you picked it out of the herd. It's bigger now, so tie it up tight and sprinkle Dizzy Pig Raging River all over the top.

I've got it stowed in the fridge - I am hoping to tighten up that stuffing so not too much comes out like a loin taking a poop when it cooks. Why don't the pictures load in the order that I took them?

More pictures before dinner tomorrow,

Monaarts

Looks great!

jcaspary

Looks very nice.  I'm not tired of them at all.  My issue lately has been timing.  I just haven't had enough time to go all out and stuff a loin.  One of our favorite meals is pork loin and if u have the time I like to stuff it. Just need more time...

Chubbs

Looks great. 

@hapster can answer the question about the pics   

johnmitchell

I have never really got excited about cooking loins..But since I have started getting inventive with stuffing them they are great..I find myself thinking about different combos all the time. Your stuffed loin looks awesome..Congrats.