Roast Pork With Basil And Mushroom Stuffing Food

WILD MUSHROOM-STUFFED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In small bowl, place dried porcini mushrooms. Cover mushrooms with hot water; let stand 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut pork roast horizontally to 1/2 inch from one long side without cutting all the way through (pork will open like a book); set aside. In 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir about 1 minute or until tender.
• Drain porcini mushrooms well; chop. Add porcini and portabella mushrooms to butter in skillet; cook about 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are tender. Stir in stuffing crumbs.
• Spoon mushroom mixture into opening in pork; close pork over stuffing and secure with string. Place stuffed pork in shallow roasting pan. Brush with oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Insert ovenproof meat thermometer so tip is in center of thickest part of pork.
• Roast uncovered 45 to 55 minutes or until thermometer reads 150°F. Remove pork from pan; cover with foil and let stand 10 minutes until thermometer reads 160°F. Remove strings from pork before carving. Garnish with sage.

CROWN ROAST OF PORK WITH MUSHROOM DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place roast, rib ends up, in a shallow roasting pan; sprinkle with seasoned salt. Cover rib ends with foil. Bake, uncovered, for 1-1/4 hours. , Meanwhile, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and celery; saute until tender. Stir in bread cubes, salt and pepper. Spoon around roast. Brush sides of roast with preserves. Bake until a thermometer inserted into meat between ribs reads 145°, 45-60 minutes. Remove foil; let meat stand 10 minutes before slicing., If desired, thread cranberries on a 20-in. string or thread. Transfer roast to a serving platter. Loop cranberry string in and out of rib ends. Slice between ribs to serve.

THYME & BASIL ROAST PORK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a small bowl, mix flour, basil, thyme, cinnamon, salt and pepper; rub over pork., In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Brown roast on all sides. Place roast in a shallow roasting pan, fat side up. Arrange apple and onion around roast. Squeeze lemon juice from 1 wedge over pork; add lemon wedges to pan. Place rosemary over pork., Roast 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until a thermometer reads 145°. Remove roast, onion and apple to a serving platter; tent with foil. Let stand 15 minutes before slicing.

ROAST PORK WITH BASIL AND MUSHROOM STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Select a few nice mushrooms for garnish. Trim stems. Wash, trim and chop remaining mushrooms.
• Reserve 2 tablespoons of the chopped basil. Combine the remaining chopped basil, chopped mushrooms, onion, 1/4 tsp of the salt and pepper in a bowl.
• Unroll the pork roast; lay flat on the counter. Starting in the center of the meat and holding a knife parallel to the counter, cut thick part of the loin through the center and almost in half. Fold the piece back like a book to increase size of the loin by 1/3.
• Spread the basil-mushroom mixture over the meat. Reroll. Tie at 3 inch intervals with string. Place in a shallow roasting pan. Sprinkle remaining salt over top. Pour 1/4 cup of the chicken broth around roast. Refrigerate remaining broth.
• Roast pork in the preheated oven for 2 1/2 hours or until a meat thermometer registers 170°F.
• Just before the roast is done, saute reserved mushrooms for garnish in the butter in a heavy saucepan until golden. Remove mushrooms; set aside.
• Reserve 1/2 cup of the refrigerated chicken broth. Pour remaining broth into the saucepan in which mushrooms were sauteed. Bring to boiling on top of stove.
• Remove roast to a warmed serving platter; keep warm. Pour off fat from the roasting pan. Add hot chicken broth to the pan. Stir, scraping up browened bits form the roasting pan. Bring to boiling on top of stove.
• Meanwhile, stir flour into remaining 1/2 cup chilled chicken broth until smooth. Gradually add to boiling broth in the roasting pan. Stirring rapidly with a wire whisk. Cook until smooth and thickened. Fold in reserved 2 tbsp chopped basil. Spoon some gravy over roast. Pour the remainder into sauce boat. Garnish roast iwth reserved mushrooms and fresh basil leaves.

STUFFED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Brown sausage in a saute pan. Add apples and shallots and cook 3 minutes. Transfer to a mixing bowl, add walnuts and parsley, and season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Let cool before stuffing.
• Split the pork roast horizontally, forming a pocket; do not cut all the way through. Season roast inside and out with salt and pepper. Pack stuffing in the center and tie roast with enough butcher's twine to hold it together.
• Heat oil in a large saute pan. Add roast and sear on all sides until well-browned. Transfer to a rack set in a roasting pan and roast until a thermometer inserted in the center registers 145 to 150 degrees F, about 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Remove roast to a carving board, cover loosely with foil, and let rest 10 minutes before slicing. Slice roast into 12 pieces. Serve 2 slices per serving, garnished with parsley.

MUSHROOM-STUFFED PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the bacon and cook until crisp, about 8 minutes. Add the mushrooms, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste; cook until the mushrooms are soft, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute. Remove from the heat and stir in the breadcrumbs and all but 2 tablespoons parsley. Let cool.
• Soak 10 to 12 toothpicks in water to prevent them from burning. Rinse the pork and pat dry. Butterfly the pork: Make a 1-inch-deep incision down the length of each tenderloin; do not cut all the way through. Open the meat like a book so the tenderloins lie flat.
• Cover the pork with plastic wrap; pound with the flat side of a meat mallet until about 1/2 inch thick, starting from the middle and working outward. Spread the mushroom mixture over the 2 tenderloins. Starting with a long side, tightly roll up each tenderloin. Secure the seams with the toothpicks.
• Preheat a grill to medium high; brush the grates with olive oil. Brush the pork rolls with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill, turning, until a thermometer inserted into the center of the pork registers 140 degrees F, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board to rest, about 10 minutes.
• Mix the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons parsley, the lemon zest, and salt and pepper to taste in a bowl. Remove the toothpicks and slice the pork rolls. Top with parsley oil.

SPINACH-STUFFED PORK ROAST

Steps:

• In a skillet, saute mushrooms and onion in oil until tender. Stir in spinach, bread crumbs, salt, pepper, garlic powder and sage. untie pork roast and separate the loins. Spread stuffing over one loin to within 1 in. of the edges. Top with the remaining loin; retie securely with heavy string. Place in an ungreased shallow baking pan. , Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 2-1/2 hours or until a thermometer reads 160°-170°. Let stand for 15 minutes before slicing.