Bacon & Cranberry Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
Bacon & Cranberry Stuffed Pork Tenderloin is a gorgeous centerpiece for your holidays! Simple to to make and tastes amazing!
Ingredients
- 6 slices bacon, chopped
- 2 medium apples, peeled, finely chopped
- 1 medium shallot, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh rosemary
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries
- 2 1.5 to 2 lb pork tenderloins or (1) 3 to 4lb pork loin
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp whole grain Dijon mustard
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. In a large skillet preheated to medium heat, add the bacon and cook until crispy. Remove the bacon using a slotted spoon leaving some of the bacon fat in the skillet.
- Next, add the apples and shallots to the same skillet as the bacon. Saute until softened about five minutes. Add in the garlic and cook until fragrant, about two minutes. Then stir in the rosemary and dried cranberries. Season with salt and pepper.
- To butterfly the pork tenderloin: place the tenderloin on a cutting board. Take a sharp knife and position it about 3/4" from the bottom of the tenderloin; cut into half-inch toward center of pork. Lift up the top half of the pork and continue making shallow horizontal cuts deeper into the tenderloin, unrolling top of the pork as you cut and keeping knife parallel to cutting board to maintain the same thickness until the pork unrolls to form a rectangle. Cover the pork with plastic wrap and with the flat side of a meat mallet pound until 1/2" thick without tearing through the meat. Repeat process with second tenderloin.
- To butterfly the pork loin: place the pork loin on a cutting board. Take a sharp knife and place the roast fat side up. Position your knife about 3/4″ from the bottom of the roast; cut into one-inch toward center of pork. Lift up the top half of the pork and continue making shallow horizontal cuts deeper into the roast, unrolling top of the pork as you cut and keeping knife parallel to cutting board to maintain the same thickness until the pork unrolls to form a rectangle.
- For the pork tenderloins: season the tenderloins with salt and pepper. Divide the filling between the two tenderloins. Roll up the tenderloins and secure tightly with kitchen twine.
- For the pork loin: season the pork with salt and pepper. Top the pork loin with all the filling. Roll up the pork loin and secure tightly with kitchen twine.
- For the pork tenderloins: divide the Dijon mustard rub between the two tenderloins and rub it all over each. Place the tenderloins in a roast pan on a rack and roast for 20 to 25 minutes per pound or until an internal temperature registers 145 degrees for medium-rare to 160 degrees for more well done.
- For the pork loin: take the whole grain Dijon mustard and rub it all over the pork loin. Place the pork in a roast pan on a rack and roast for about 1 hour 25 minutes or until an internal temperature registers 155 degrees.
- Remove the either the pork tenderloins or pork loin from the oven and let it rest for 15 minutes before serving!
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