Apple and Corn Bread-Stuffed Pork Loin

Name: Apple and Corn Bread-Stuffed Pork Loin
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 315 milliliters apple juice or cider, divided; 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper, divided; 59 milliliters finely chopped celery; 355 milliliters corn bread stuffing mix (such as Pepperidge Farm); 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 2 teaspoons dried rubbed sage, divided; 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 397 grams fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth; 118 milliliters diced peeled Granny Smith apple; 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch wedges; 118 milliliters finely chopped onion; 2 kilograms boneless center-cut pork loin roast, trimmed; 2 teaspoons salt, divided

Apple and Corn Bread-Stuffed Pork Loin is A mixture of onion, rubbed sage, egg, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the granny smith apple you could follow this main course with the Easy Apple Crisp with Peanut Butter Granola + KIND Granola Giveaway as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 45

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Oven

Heat a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat.

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Cooking Spray

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Frying Pan

Add onion, celery, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper; cover and cook 10 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.

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Celery

Pepper

Onion

Add diced apple; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.

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Apple

Place apple mixture in a large bowl, and cool slightly. Stir in the stuffing mix, 1/3 cup juice, 1/2 teaspoon sage, and egg; set aside.

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Stuffing Mix

Apple

Juice

Sage

Egg

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Bowl

Starting off-center, slice pork lengthwise, cutting to, but not through, other side. Open butterflied portions, laying pork flat. Turning knife blade parallel to surface of cutting board, slice larger portion of pork in half horizontally, cutting to, but not through, other side; open flat.

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Pork

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Knife

Place plastic wrap over pork; pound to 1-inch thickness using a meat mallet or rolling pin.

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Meat

Pork

Wrap

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Rolling Pin

Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt.

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Salt

Spread stuffing over pork, leaving a 1/2-inch margin around outside edges.

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Stuffing

Spread

Pork

Roll up pork, jelly-roll fashion, starting with a long side. Secure at 2-inch intervals with twine.

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Jelly

Pork

Roll

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Combine 1 teaspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon sage, and 1 teaspoon salt; rub over pork.

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Pepper

Pork

Sage

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

Arrange apple wedges in a single layer in bottom of a broiler pan coated with cooking spray; place pork on apples.

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Cooking Spray

Apple

Pork

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Broiler Pan

Bake at 450 for 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 (do not remove the pork from oven).

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Pork

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Oven

Bake an additional 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a thermometer registers 15

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Remove pork from pan; cover and let stand 10 minutes. Discard apple wedges.

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Apple

Pork

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Frying Pan

Combine 1 cup juice, cornstarch, and broth in a small saucepan; stir with a whisk. Bring broth mixture to boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in 1/8 teaspoon black pepper.

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Black Pepper

Corn Starch