Olive And Medjool Date Stuffed Pork Loin Food

OLIVE-STUFFED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Season pork all over with salt and black pepper. Using a sharp knife, make several slits in pork, about 1-inch deep. Stuff olives into slits all over pork. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to an oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Sear pork on all sides and then remove from heat. In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, 2 tablespoons oil, honey, Dijon mustard, and thyme. Pour mixture all over pork. Bake approximately 30 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer registers 150 to 160 degrees F. Let pork stand 10 minutes before slicing crosswise into 1-inch thick slices.

ROLLED PORK LOIN ROAST STUFFED WITH OLIVES AND HERBS

Steps:

• Set the loin on a cutting board with one of the short, cut ends facing you. With a sharp knife, make a lengthwise horizontal cut, about a third of the way up one of the long sides, like asymmetrically splitting open a hot dog bun. Don't cut all the way through, but nearly-far enough so that you can open up the roast like a book. If you started on the right, the left side will now be twice as thick as the right. At the hinge where they meet, make another horizontal cut midway up the left (thicker) side, so that you can open the roast again, like a magazine gatefold. Sprinkle the pork all over with the salt and pepper and set it aside.
• Heat the oven to 425°F and make the stuffing by mixing all the remaining ingredients together (except the cooking oil). Spread the stuffing over the cut side of the pork loin, then roll it up and back into shape. Using cotton string, bind the roast with six little string belts.
• Heat a skillet to high, add the cooking oil, and then carefully lay in the pork roast. Brown the roast on all sides and then put the skillet in the oven. Roast until it is just cooked through, about 20 minutes, then remove it from the pan and let it rest on a platter in a warm place for 10 minutes. Remove the strings, slice, and serve.

ROASTED PORK LOIN WITH APPLE CIDER AND MEDJOOL DATE COMPOTE RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Line 13 x 9 x 2-inch roasting pan with foil. Mix first five ingredients in bowl. Making a paste, pierce meat with a sharp knife about ½ inch deep in several places and press the garlic herb paste into the openings. Take the remaining 2 oz. of olive oil and rub the whole pork loin with it. Place pork, fat side down, in prepared roasting pan. Roast pork 30 minutes. Turn roast fat side up. Roast until thermometer inserted into center of pork registers 150°F, about 20 minutes longer. Remove from the pork from the oven; let the meat rest for 10 minutes, slice, spoon the warm compote over the pork and serve. Directions For the apple cider and date compote: Thinly grated zest from 1 orange Cut the dates in half and remove the pits. Place the dates, cinnamon stick, star anise, apple cider, apple cider vinegar, grated ginger and orange zest in a medium pan. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 3 minutes, Discard the cinnamon stick and star anise, and serve warm. You can also make the compote in advance and store it in the fridge for up to three days until ready to use; just heat up gently before serving