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pork loin stuffed with bourbon apples and pancetta

mad max beyond eggdome
mad max beyond eggdome Posts: 8,134
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
so we had the wife's best friend and husband over for her b-day last night (wife's best friend's b-day that is). ..decided to try something a little different....so i got a couple of nice chunks of pork loin (each about 8 inches long)....butterflied them out. ..seasoned both sides with DP pineapple head rub...made up a mixture of satued pancetta and shallots, removed them from the pan, then sauted about 3 chopped up apples in half a stick of butter with a good dose of DP pineapple rub (love the heat and sweet on the fruit). ..when the apples were tender, added back in the pancetta/shallots and then gave the whole a nice hit of bourbon and flamed off the alchol. ...laid that mixture on the pork loins, rolled them up and tied them...seared them direct at aroun 500 - 600 degrees on open flame for just a few minutes per side till browned ...then put the plate setter in and let them roast at 400 degrees dome temp for about 1 hour till done (i didn't have any apple juice, but i spritzed them with white wine about every 15 minutes just to keep the exteriors moist) . ...while that was going on i made another batch of the apple/pancetta/shallot mixture to top off the slices with ....whole thing was damn good!!

here are the pork loins butterflied out
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here's the apple pancetta mixture all set to go....

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apple mixture laid out on the loins
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rolled and tied and ready to go on the egg
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searing
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and roasting indirect
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finished and sliced on the platter
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and topped with more of the bourbon apple/pancetta mixture....really worked well with the pork!
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and with the dp pineapple head rub it was a great blend of flavors!

oh, and sydney made some killer choco desserts last nights ....some great chocolate cookies with melted andes mints in them, and an absolute killer flourless chocolate cake that we all agreed even tops her brownies!!!

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  • Mainegg
    Mainegg Posts: 7,787
    MMMM I am not sure what looks better... the pork and apples or the cake...... I have some ice cold milk here t work... so maybe the cake! LOL
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  • mad max beyond eggdome
    mad max beyond eggdome Posts: 8,134
    LOL. ..julie, let me tell you, i'm not a milk drinker at all, but last night, even i had half a glass of milk with that chocolate cake, it was that dense and rich ....it really was THAT good!! . ..
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  • vidalia1
    vidalia1 Posts: 7,092
    It all looks delicious Max....better than her brownies????....OMG...they gotta be great then. :)
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  • Lawn Ranger
    Lawn Ranger Posts: 5,467
    Beautiful stuff! I know where you can get some green chili to go in those apples! :woohoo: Looks like Spawn's desserts are a hit once again. Flourless? I think they call that a 4 pound, round Hershey Bar! :laugh:
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  • mad max beyond eggdome
    mad max beyond eggdome Posts: 8,134
    i'll bet some green chili would have worked well in there too....and yeah, flourless...its actually a passover recipe...basically semisweet bakers chocolate, bakers unsweetened chocolate, sugar, butter and eggs. ...and she threw a couple of other things in there as well to 'enhance' the intensity of the chocolate (as if it needed it!!!)...thats it....

    and yeah, it was almost like a candy bar...the slices were pretty small, its all you needed, even in our house!!
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  • mad max beyond eggdome
    mad max beyond eggdome Posts: 8,134
    yeah kim, i kid you not, better than the brownies...even she agree with that...and this recipe isn't a secret. ..i'll send it to you if i can find it ..
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  • Lawn Ranger
    Lawn Ranger Posts: 5,467
    Rooster sends his love...see above pic. :P
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  • Boatman
    Boatman Posts: 854
    That pork loin looks great. I'll have to put that one on the to do list....thanks B)
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  • cookn biker
    cookn biker Posts: 13,407
    Max,
    Those flavors sound great and your loins look terrific!! (pun intneded :laugh: )
    This will go an the to do soon list!!
    Sydney's got hte baking down!!
    Molly
    Colorado Springs
    "Loney Queen"
    "Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it."
    Bill Bradley; American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey
    LBGE, MBGE, SBGE , MiniBGE and a Mini Mini BGE
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  • eenie meenie
    eenie meenie Posts: 4,394
    Max, I really like the idea of the apple and pancetta loin stuffing! :) Yum, yum, yum.

    Wow, Sydney really has a way with chocolate! :lol:
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