Apple Pork Roulade With Pinot Noir Sauce Food

APPLE PORK ROULADE WITH PINOT NOIR SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Butterfly the tenderloin by slicing through 3/4 of the meat lengthwise down the center and fold it open like a book.Cover the meat in plastic wrap and pound it with a mallet or rolling pin to flatten it out to 1/2 an inch thickness.
• Spread 2/3 of the surface of the meat with the goat cheese, leaving a strip at the end bare to keep the filling from oozing out. Place the apple slices in two rows lengthwise and add the couscous to the center. Roll the pork up tightly into a roast and secure with four ties of the butcher's twine.
• Heat the oil in a skillet on medium high heat. When hot, almost to smoking point, add the meat and sear on all sides, getting as much carmelization as possible.
• Place the skillet in a 400 degree oven and roast for 25 minutes, or until internal temperature is 165 degrees. Remove from oven and let the meat rest on a cuttong board for ten minutes.
• Meanwhile, put the skillet back on the stove and add the flour to the pan drippings. Wisk together until flour is incorporated and let cook cook for a minute before adding the wine.
• Let the sauce reduce to a desired thickness turn off the heat. Slice the meat and serve with sauce.

PORK TENDERLOIN ROULADE WITH PORCINI MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Butterfly pork tenderloin and flatten with mallet until 1/4 inch thick.
• Tenderloin should end up approximately 12 inches by 8 inches.
• Blend soft butter with truffle oil divide in half and place 1/2 in refrigerator.
• Lay out tenderloin and spread 1/2 truffle butter and layer mortadella slices and cheese to 1 inch of the edges.
• With long side facing you roll tenderloin tightly and tie with butchers twine.
• Dredge with flour.
• Heat olive oil in large saute pan on medium high heat.
• Sear tenderloin on all sides.
• Remove loin from saute and place in oven while making sauce.
• Sauce:.
• In saute pan add shallots and cook till soft.
• Add 2 tablespoons flour and cook until smooth paste forms.
• Add wine to deglaze pan.
• Add assorted mushrooms saute until moisture is reduced about 5 minutes.
• Add porcini mushrooms with soaking liquid and simmer till slightly thickened.
• Check tenderloin and remove when it registers 155°F on a thermometer.
• Let rest 10 minutes covered with tin foil.
• Remove string and slice tenderloin on the diagonal.
• Serve plattered drizzled with sauce.