Caramelized Pork Loin

Name: Caramelized Pork Loin
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters apple cider; 59 milliliters packed brown sugar; 1 stick butter; 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and 1-inch diced; 1 pinch Pinch ground cinnamon; 5 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 kilograms center cut, bone-out pork loin, butterflied; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Caramelized Pork Loin a try. This recipe serves 5. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegetarian recipe has 2071 calories, 73g of protein, and 56g of fat per serving. A mixture of apple cider, vegetable oil, ground cinnamon, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

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Oven

Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Add the brown sugar, cinnamon and diced apples and toss to coat.

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Brown Sugar

Cinnamon

Apple

Saute 3 minutes, without stirring to let the apples caramelize on 1 side. Toss and saute another 3 minutes.

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Apple

Remove from the heat and cool completely.

Butterfly the tenderloin by cutting the beef lengthwise down the center to within 1/2-inch of the other side. Flatten with a meat mallet.

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Beef

Meat

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Meat Tenderizer

When the caramel apples have cooled spread the mixture down the center flap of pork.

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Caramel

Apple

Spread

Pork

Sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste. Spoon the apple mixture down the center of the pork roast. Bring the 2 sides of the tenderloin up around filling to meet. Use butcher string and tie around the roll at 1-inch intervals.

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Salt And Pepper

Pork Roast

Apple

Roll

Season the stuffed and tied pork loin with salt and pepper. Sear the pork loin in vegetable oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, turning to get all the sides.

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Salt And Pepper

Vegetable Oil

Pork Loin

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Dutch Oven

Pour the apple cider over the pork. Roast uncovered for about 1 hour and 20 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the roast registers155 degrees F.

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Apple Cider

Pork

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Remove from the oven and let rest, tented with foil, for 15 minutes before slicing.

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Serve with pan juices.

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Frying Pan

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